Pinarayi Vijayan submits resignation to Governor
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at Raj Bhavan to submit resignation of Council of Ministers headed by him on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday submitted the resignation of the Council of Ministers headed by him to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the Raj Bhavan here.
Mr. Vijayan, who reached the State capital from Dharamadom early in the day, presided over the last Cabinet meeting of the outgoing Ministry headed by him. Later, he called on the Governor and submitted the resignation.
Prasanth retains Vattiyurkavu with comfortable margin
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NDA’s Rajesh gets 39,596 votes, UDF’s Veena Nair is third
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Back again: V.K. Prasanth after his victory in the Vattiyurkavu constituency on Sunday.
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NDA’s Rajesh gets 39,596 votes, UDF’s Veena Nair is third
CPI(M)’s V.K. Prasanth romped to victory in the Vattiyurkavu Assembly constituency on Sunday with a handsome margin of 21,515 votes.
The LDF candidate garnered 61,111 votes while managing to retain the seat that had remained a UDF bastion for over a decade since the delimitation of 2008. He bettered his performance during the 2019 byelection when he had won by a margin of 14,465 votes to defeat Congress’ K. Mohankumar. Mr. Prasanth also managed to marginally increase his vote share from 44.25% to 44.4% in the process.
Counting of votes underway in Chennai on May 2, 2021. | PTI
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held in four states – West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam – and the Union Territory of Puducherry began at 8 am. Early trends from the Election Commission showed the Trinamool Congress was ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. In Kerala, the ruling Left was leading. The saffron party was ahead in Assam while the the DMK and it allies were leading in Tamil Nadu.
West Bengal went to polls in eight phases, Assam voted in three and the elections for the remaining – Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry took place in a single phase on April 6.
A defeat could prove equally damaging for Pinarayi. Not only will his authority within party circles be undermined, but he may end up bearing the whole burden of beginning of the end of CPM in Kerala.