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  1. CPI(M) criticizes media for 'false propaganda' against party

    Thiruvananthapuram CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan on Friday lashed out at a section of the media in Kerala for allegedly spreading misinformation to tarnish the image of the Left party and its student organization SFI.Addressing the media here in the wake of numerous allegations leveled by...
  2. Kannur CPI-M in trouble

    Among those hailing from the district, considered the largest unit in the country, are Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, State Secretary M.V. Govindan, left coordinator E.P. Jayarajan.Top leaders, including district secretary M.V. Jayarajan and former legislator P. Jayarajan, considered the...
  3. "Failed to understand the pulse of the people": CPI-M Kerala secretary MV Govindan on defeat in Lok Sabha

    Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan on Thursday said the CPI(M) faced a major defeat in the 18th Lok Sabha elections because they failed to understand the sentiments of the people."The Left has failed to understand the sentiments of the people. Disruption in...
  4. Kerala CPI-M gave clean chit to CM Vijayan, said- will reach out among the people

    Like in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the CPI-M-led Left managed to win only one seat, while the Congress-led UDF won 18 seats and the BJP won its first seat in the state.CPI-M state secretary M.V. Govindan said that although the party leaders felt that there were things going against the Left...
  5. UDF, IUML's unholy alliance with Islamic organizations a reason for LDF's defeat: CPI(M)

    Thiruvananthapuram, The "unholy alliance" of the UDF and its IUML ally with Islamist groups and the communal divide created by the BJP were some of the main reasons for the LDF's defeat in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the ruling CPI said ( M). in the state said Thursday.The other...
  6. Swapna Suresh challenges CM Vijayan and his daughter to file defamation case

    Swapna Suresh and her lawyer appeared before a trial court at Taliparamba in Kannur district and were granted bail in the defamation case filed by CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan.Soon after getting bail, his lawyer said that he wanted both CM Vijayan and his daughter to show courage like...
  7. LDF suffered setback in Kerala, but Congress lost more vote share than Left: CPI(M)

    Thiruvananthapuram, A day after the ruling Left in Kerala suffered a major setback in the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) on Wednesday attempted to present a brave face by claiming that the LDF lost only one per cent vote share compared to Is. 2019 results and it was the Congress-led UDF that...
  8. Govindan says CPI(M) will analyze factors behind serious defeat in Lok Sabha elections in Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M), facing a crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, on Tuesday said the party and the Left Front will examine all the factors that led to its defeat.Speaking to reporters here, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said that though the LDF had faced a...
  9. CPI(M) state secretary Govindan accuses PM Modi of communal polarization in Lok Sabha elections

    Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) Kerala state secretary MV Govindan on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to create communal polarization in the Lok Sabha elections.Addressing a press conference here, Govindan also claimed that while no prime minister in the history of India has...
  10. Hurt by bar bribery allegations, there is no possibility of change in liquor policy of CM Vijayan

    State CPI(M) secretary M.V. Govindan denied any change in policy. "When there is no news, news is created and that is what has happened. The state government has already made it clear that no decision has been taken, then why is there this noise," he said.However, after a political uproar over...
  11. CPI(M) state secretary skips inauguration of controversial martyr memorial in Kerala

    Kannur (Kerala), CPI(M) leader MV Govindan on Wednesday skipped the inauguration of the controversial martyr's memorial in honor of two men who lost their lives while making country-made bombs in this district nine years ago.Although the local leadership had said that the party's state...
  12. "CPI(M) is operating as an international terrorist group in Kerala": LOP VD Satheesan

    Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan said Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan inaugurated a memorial for two of its workers killed during construction in 2015. do. Taking aim at the state government in...
  13. CPI (M) did not pay much attention to the controversy over the inauguration of the Martyr Memorial.

    Kannur (Kerala), May 19 (PTI) The CPI(M) in Kerala on Sunday played down the controversy over the inauguration of a memorial in honor of two people who lost their lives while making country-made bombs in Kannur district. First. Tried to do. Previously, this was described as the loca problem...
  14. Kannur CPI(M) builds memorial for 2 party workers killed while making bombs

    Party workers Shaiju and Subish were killed and four others were seriously injured in the blast at Panur in Kannur.Soon after the blast, BJP workers accused CPI(M) of making the bomb.On Saturday morning, TV channels here aired the reaction of then CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri...
  15. CM Vijayan's private foreign trip self-funded, approved by Centre: CPI-M

    Since Monday morning, when news broke that Vijayan has left for a three-nation tour, top leaders of Congress and BJP have been demanding to know where Vijayan, his wife, daughter and her husband and state Tourism Minister P. A. Who was financing the trip? Mohammad Riyas.Responding to the...
  16. Kerala CM's foreign travel at his own expense after taking necessary permission: CPI(M)

    Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Wednesday said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan embarked on his foreign trip at his own expense after getting the requisite permission from the party and the Central government.CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said Vijayan had in fact taken a...
  17. CPI(M) refuses to label IUML as communal amid allegations of hate campaign against party leader

    Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) Kerala state secretary M V Govindan on Monday refused to portray the Indian Union Muslim League as a communal party, despite allegations that the league had supported party leader KK Shailaja during the Lok Sabha elections. Hate campaign was again launched against him...
  18. Premchandran was wrong to have lunch with PM but Jayarajan was wrong to invite Javadekar for tea: CPI(M)

    MV Govindan pointed out that what EP Jayarajan did was very different from what Revolutionary Socialist Party Lok Sabha MP NK Premachandran did during his lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“Yes, what Premchandran did was wrong and should be seen separately from the case of Jayarajan...
  19. CPI(M) defends Jayarajan, says there is nothing wrong in meeting opposition party leaders

    Thiruvananthapuram, The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Monday defended veteran party leader and LDF convenor EP Jayarajan and said there was nothing wrong in his meeting with senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.The party said it is quite common for political leaders to meet counterparts from other...
  20. What if Veena Vijayan is questioned by ED when a Chief Minister is in jail: Kerala CPI(M)

    When Kerala CPI(M) secretary MV Govindan was asked a question about Veena's IT firm Xlogic being under the ED probe, he reacted sharply.“What is the big deal in this, when ED works like the mafia of the BJP-led government? Now that a Chief Minister is behind bars, it is useless to interrogate...