India Politics Highlights | CM-designate Satheesan, Congress leaders meet Kerala Guv, hand over letter of support

India Politics LIVE Updates | EPS sacks AIADMK rebel leaders from posts for backing TVK in Tamil Nadu Assembly floor test

Cracking the whip, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Wednesday sacked rebel MLAs, including former ministers S P Velumani, C Ve Shanmugam and C Vijayabaskar, from their party posts, hours after 25 legislators voted in the favour of the TVK government despite party “whip” asking them to vote against. 

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India Politics LIVE Updates | Impasse ends on Kerala CM: Congress to announce its pick on May 14

Kerala will have to wait for one more day to know who its new Chief Minister will be with the Congress saying all discussions have been completed but pushed the announcement to Thursday.

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India Politics LIVE Updates | 'PM Modi's appeal about spending wisely, not austerity': Centre clarifies amid West Asia crisis

The Centre on Wednesday clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal is not about spending less but about spending more wisely by reducing fuel consumption, avoidable dependence on imported goods, and foreign-currency-intensive services.

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India Politics LIVE Updates | Not necessary for Vijay to include AIADMK rebels in govt: Karti Chidambaram

India Politics LIVE Updates | KC Venugopal meets Rahul Gandhi ahead of Kerala CM announcement

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India Politics LIVE Updates | Kerala Congress Committee seeks appointment with Guv for today

India Politics LIVE Updates | 'When there are three people on same level...' Congress' Joseph Vazhackan on delay in Kerala CM announcement

Keralam Congress leader Joseph Vazhackan arrived at the residence of party leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday. He said, "Even if delayed, a good decision will come. When there is more than one person, a decision that does not hurt anyone will be made. That is probably why there was a slight delay in making the decision. Taking 11 days to make a decision is not a very big delay. There were disputes in the CPIM, too, in the past. It is common in all parties. When there are three people on the same level, even the high command will take time to make a decision. When a decision is taken after discussing with everyone, there should not be any mistakes. Ramesh Chennithala is a senior leader and is eligible to become Chief Minister. Likewise, each person is saying they have their own eligibility. There is nothing wrong with that, but the high command has to make the decision." (ANI)

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India Politics LIVE Updates | BJP slams TVK MLA Mustafa over 'abolishing Sanatana' remark

TVK MLA VMS Mustafa endorsed the remarks made by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin calling for "eracication of Sanatana Dharma". Mustafa stoked a controversy after he said, “We too subscribe to the ideals of Periyar and Ambedkar. We too have entered the fray to abolish Sanatana," speaking outside the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Kerala CM announcement likely in press briefing at 12 noon

India Politics LIVE Updates | Congress press briefing begins

India Politics LIVE Updates | Congress announces V D Satheesan as new Kerala CM

The decision came ten days after the election results were announced on May 4.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Celebrations begin at V D Satheesan's residence as Congress names him Kerala CM

India Politics LIVE Updates | Party comes first, full support to Satheesan: K C Venugopal

India Politics LIVE Updates | V D Satheesan addresses media after being picked as Kerala CM

Satheesan thanked Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge for picking him for the top post. "We won with 102 seats. We will fulfill all our promises. A new Keralam will be created now," he said.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Satheesan thanks Venugopal, Chennithala

India Politics LIVE Updates | Ramesh Chennithala upset over Kerala CM pick?

Ramesh Chennithala is reportedly upset over AICC's decision not considering him for the Kerala CM post. Chennithala, who was in his home in Thiruvananthapuram till the AICC's announcement making V D Satheesan the Chief Minister, is learnt to have left for an undisclosed location. He might miss the Congress legislature party meeting to be held today.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Satheesan to take oath as Kerala CM on May 18

India Politics LIVE Updates | Kerala CM designate V D Satheesan calling on senior Congress leader A K Antony (left) at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram

India Politics LIVE Updates | Sudhakaran backs AICC decision to appoint Satheesan as Kerala CM

Senior Congress leader K Sudhakaran on Thursday said he would support the AICC's decision to appoint V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Satheesan's selection as CM shows Congress surrendered to IUML: NSS gen secy

NSS general secretary G Sukumaran Nair on Thursday termed V D Satheesan's selection as the CM as a surrender of the Congress before the IUML, its coalition partner.

"It is unfortunate. If it were a democratic decision, it would not have been this," the general secretary of the Nair Service Society (NSS), an outfit of the Nair community to which Satheesan belongs, said.

India Politics LIVE Updates | 'I fully support the decision taken by the Congress High Command': A K Antony after meeting Keralam CM designate V D Satheesan

India Politics LIVE Updates | TVK’s legislator backs Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanatan Dharma, retracts remark amid backlash

TVK legislator Madhar Badhurudeen (V M S Mustafa) triggered a controversy on Thursday after backing Tamil Nadu LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks on eradicating Sanatan Dharma, before later retracting his statement amid backlash.

The Madurai Central MLA issued a clarification after BJP leaders criticised him and the Joseph C Vijay-led government over his remark that "we are also in the field to eradicate Sanatan Dharma."

India Politics LIVE Updates | Veteran leader and Kannur Lok Sabha MP K Sudhakaran arrives at Congress leader K C Venugopal’s residence

India Politics LIVE Updates | Keralam CM designate V D Satheesan arrives at the residence of V M Sudheeran in Thiruvananthapuram

India Politics LIVE Updates | AIADMK MLA C Ve Shanmugam is power hungry, says DMK leader Bharathi on party splitting into factions

India Politics LIVE Updates | Revanth congratulates Satheesan, says well-deserved recognition for decades of service

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday hailed the appointment of V D Satheesan as the next Kerala CM, saying it was a well-deserved recognition of decades of public service and principled politics.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Chennithala leaves residence after Satheesan named Kerala Chief Minister

Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala left his residence soon after the AICC announced V D Satheesan as the next Chief Minister of Kerala on Thursday. Chennithala was also among those considered for the post.

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India Politics LIVE Updates | Congress Legislature Party unanimously passes resolution electing Satheesan as its leader in Kerala: Party sources

India Politics LIVE Updates | V D Satheesan elected as CLP leader

The CLP on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution electing Kerala chief minister-designate V D Satheesan as its leader in the Assembly, party sources said.

India Politics LIVE Updates | Deepa Dasmunsi to speak to Chennithala, Cong asserts unity after Satheesan named Kerala CM

Congress general secretary in-charge of Kerala, Deepa Dasmunsi, on Thursday said she would speak to senior party leader Ramesh Chennithala, who has reportedly remained silent since the announcement of the UDF's chief ministerial face, and asserted that all leaders would stand united.

India Politics LIVE Updates | AIADMK tussle: Rebel group wants party chief Palaniswami to be disqualified as MLA; EPS says slander being spread against him

India Politics LIVE Updates | CM-designate Satheesan, Congress leaders meet Kerala Guv, hand over letter of support

Kerala Chief Minister-designate V D Satheesan and other senior Congress leaders, including KPCC chief Sunny Joseph and AICC incharge of the state Deepa Dasmunsi, met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Thursday to hand over the letter of support, party sources said.