Kerala Elections

Following requests from several political parties, the Election Commission of India has changed the polling date for by-election in 14 Assembly constituencies across the states of Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi who is contesting her first electoral battle.

Congress has declared its General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi as its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

Sojan Joseph, a mental health nurse in the National Health Service (NHS) who migrated from Kerala 22 years ago, is among the new crop of Labour members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons in the UK general election this week.

Lights at the home of Sojan Joseph in the sleepy village at Athirampuzha near Kottayam were not switched off on Thursday night as the entire household was anxiously waiting to hear the result from Ashford, one of the constituencies in UK.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has taken a swipe at the BJP over what he called "false" promises made by the rival party's leaders during the Lok Sabha election campaign.

BJP and Congress are fighting over the appointment of BJP leader and seven-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro Tem Speaker, a post the Congress expected for eight-time Kerala MP K Suresh.

Pinarayi Vijayan had realised that the CPI(M)s Hindu vote bank was gradually eroding. Minority outreach, he thought, would be enough to compensate for that. But he was wrong.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally relented. She has been named as the Congress candidate for the by-poll in Kerala's Wayanad.

Kerala Minister K Radhakrishnan, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha, resigned from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Cabinet on Tuesday, but not before issuing a landmark order to remove colonial names for some places.

The Congress's decision to field Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the by-election in Kerala's Wayanad marks her debut in electoral politics, but she has been part of the party's campaigns and outreach programmes for about two decades now

Rahul Gandhi's reluctance to take up the post of the Leader of the Opposition came up at the crucial Congress meeting this evening where the party took the decision that he would vacate Kerala's Wayanad, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would make her elect

Will Rahul Gandhi, who has turned the fortunes of his party and brought to naught the talk of a 'Congress-mukt Bharat', measure up to the expectations expressed in the CWC's resolution? Or will he choose to shun responsibility once again?

Following requests from several political parties, the Election Commission of India has changed the polling date for by-election in 14 Assembly constituencies across the states of Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi who is contesting her first electoral battle.

Congress has declared its General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi as its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

Sojan Joseph, a mental health nurse in the National Health Service (NHS) who migrated from Kerala 22 years ago, is among the new crop of Labour members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons in the UK general election this week.

Lights at the home of Sojan Joseph in the sleepy village at Athirampuzha near Kottayam were not switched off on Thursday night as the entire household was anxiously waiting to hear the result from Ashford, one of the constituencies in UK.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has taken a swipe at the BJP over what he called "false" promises made by the rival party's leaders during the Lok Sabha election campaign.

BJP and Congress are fighting over the appointment of BJP leader and seven-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro Tem Speaker, a post the Congress expected for eight-time Kerala MP K Suresh.

Pinarayi Vijayan had realised that the CPI(M)s Hindu vote bank was gradually eroding. Minority outreach, he thought, would be enough to compensate for that. But he was wrong.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally relented. She has been named as the Congress candidate for the by-poll in Kerala's Wayanad.

Kerala Minister K Radhakrishnan, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha, resigned from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Cabinet on Tuesday, but not before issuing a landmark order to remove colonial names for some places.

The Congress's decision to field Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the by-election in Kerala's Wayanad marks her debut in electoral politics, but she has been part of the party's campaigns and outreach programmes for about two decades now

Rahul Gandhi's reluctance to take up the post of the Leader of the Opposition came up at the crucial Congress meeting this evening where the party took the decision that he would vacate Kerala's Wayanad, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would make her elect

Will Rahul Gandhi, who has turned the fortunes of his party and brought to naught the talk of a 'Congress-mukt Bharat', measure up to the expectations expressed in the CWC's resolution? Or will he choose to shun responsibility once again?