Everything is fair in love and war and for the CPI(M) it is particularly true if the protagonist is Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan.Many in Kerala were surprised when a song eulogising Pinarayi Vijayan surfaced recently.Though it came .
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For all the talk of Kerala’s high literacy, neither the state’s political parties nor its voters have shown any particular fancy for candidates with distinctly high academic qualifications. The bearded economist with a Marxian beard, T. M. Thomas Isaac has been an exception, winning from Mararikulam and Alappuzha constituencies multiple times. The two-time finance minister of Kerala with a PhD from the Centre for Development Studies in Kerala has often seemed an odd-ball in his party, the Communist Party of India Marxist, in which his colleagues are known for no-holds-barred aggression unlike Isaac who often draws parallels to his fiscal plans for the state with the writings of famous literary icons of the state.
Congress to reserve 60% seats for youth
The candidate selection process of the CPI(M) and the Congress appeared to have hit rough weather again on Saturday. The CPI(M) faced a massive social media campaign against the denial of ticket to Kannur veteran P. Jayarajan.
Mr. Jayarajan quickly distanced himself from the social media collective titled PJ Army . He said such propaganda would work to the advantage of CPI(M) detractors.
Meanwhile, the CPI(M) has cracked the whip on party indiscipline in Kannur. It temporarily removed one Dheeraj Kumar from party membership for commenting about the party s candidate selection process.