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In a Pre-emptive Move, India s Left Takes Step to Save Kerala From Vicious Communal Politics Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202105251082991678-in-a-pre-emptive-move-indias-left-takes-step-to-save-kerala-from-vicious-communal-politics/ With a landslide victory, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) alliance formed the government in India s southern state of Kerala on 3 May. Detailed analysis of the poll results shows that support for the LDF from minorities, particularly the Christian community, has increased compared to previous general elections. The swearing-in of Vijayan Pinarayi as state chief has unraveled Kerala’s political fabric on two counts. For the first time in forty years, the LDF has become the first front to secure a second consecutive term. All the earlier elections saw votes swinging in favour of the LDF and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) alternately every five years. Secondly, for the first time, the state chief ha ....
Catholics ask Indian state to scrap fishing project Permitting overseas firms to join deep-sea fishing will further impoverish Kerala s traditional fishermen, they say UCA News reporter Updated: February 26, 2021 08:45 AM GMT Trending Traditional fishing boats are parked in the Catholic-dominated Vadi coast of Kollam during the Covid-19 lockdown in September 2020. (Photo: Christopher Joseph) Catholic leaders are among those opposing a multimillion-dollar overseas deep-sea fishing project in Kerala that they say threatens the livelihood of ordinary fisher people in the southern Indian coastal state. Following criticism from opposition leaders and rights groups, the communist-led state government withdrew two memoranda of understanding it signed with a US-based firm that allegedly violated the state’s fishing policy and the rights of poor fisher people. ....