Pillai had been hospitalised due to age-related ailments
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Congress (B) chairman and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai passed away at a private hospital in his hometown in Kottarakara on Monday.
He was 87.
Pillai had been hospitalised due to age-related ailments.
One of the founders of the Kerala Congress, Pillai had played an important part in forming the United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance in Kerala and served as minister of transport, excise and power in various ministers.
Later he left the UDF alliance and joined in Left Democratic Front (LDF).
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Pinarayi Vijayan
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the BJP has reduced democracy to an item to be purchased while Congress itself has become a thing put up for sale.
The rivals of LDF have big concerns over the added mass support to the government. “Now, they are trying to create certain kind of symbols for limiting the discussions to such issues. Congress tries to give a message that contest in Nemom is the party’s trump card in its fight against BJP. The Congress should first make it clear that where have their votes gone in the previous election in Nemom. Now, they (the Congress) say they have fielded a strong person in Nemom. It will take quite some time to know whether the Congress is sincere in its fight against BJP in Nemom,” the CM told a news conference in Kannur on Tuesday.
Lathika Subhash resigned as Mahila Congress president after being denied a ticket in the assembly polls. She also got her head tonsured in protest against the inadequate representation of women in the candidate list
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress announced its list of candidates for the assembly election on Sunday after week-long discussions. The list, which according to KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran indicated a “generation shift”, was however greeted by protests in parts of the state.
Mahila Congress state president Lathika Subhash staged the most dramatic protest in front of KPCC headquarters here immediately after Ramachandran read out the candidates names in New Delhi. She got her head tonsured in protest against denial of seat to her. Lathika, who wanted to contest in Ettumanoor, also quit the president s post.