OR Kelu was sworn in as Minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala at a function held at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday.
After the Congress party announced Priyanka Gandhi's candidature from Wayanad for Lok Sabha by-poll, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja, who contested the seat earlier against Rahul Gandhi, said that the decision on her candidature will be with the party.
Congress leader KC Venugopal on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's target of '400 paar' (400-plus seats) has been crushed to the ground after the conclusion of two phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
Earlier, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief K Sudhakaran and UDF candidate from Kannur Lok Sabha constituency levelled serious allegations against LDF convener EP Jayarajan, claiming that the latter was about to join the BJP after holding a meeting.
The Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala is gearing up for a neck-to-neck triangular contest between Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and BJP.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan joined the public rallies held as part of the electoral campaign of MV Balakrishnan, the Left Democratic Front candidate running for Kasargod constituency, and said the party will surely win.
The Congress-led United Democratic Alliance leaders accused the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) of bogus voting in Kerala's Kannur district after four polling officials were suspended for allegedly "failing to maintain secrecy" during home voting.
"This situation depicts the significant decline of the Congress party and the UDF, where they struggle to hold their party flag or that of their ally, the Muslim League, upright while seeking votes," Vijayan said during a press conference here.
Talking to ANI, he said that the political situation in Kerala is favourable to the Congress and the United Democratic Front, the alliance the party leads in the state.
The UDF alleged that Thomas Issac was convening a meeting of Kudumbashree and offering loans to its members and following that, Kerala government organisation Kerala Development and Innovation Strategy Council (K-DISC) was approaching people and offering jobs to them.
Kerala BJP president K Surendran on Saturday said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) are getting united to protect the accused involved in the Delhi Excise policy scam.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday alleged that the "only effect" of the CPI's campaign against him in Thiruvananthapuram is to "divide the anti-BJP vote".