CPI-M supported independent begins campaign in Ponnani

June 9th, 2009 Appeals court rejects Nader lawsuitWASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Ralph Nader's attempt to sue Democrats who he says conspired to keep him off the ballot in the 2004 presidential election. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia says Nader's 2007 suit was filed too late, beyond the statute of limitations.

June 2nd, 2009 The national leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will soon be called upon to adjudicate on the sectarianism in the party's Kerala unit, which has been laid bare by the electoral debacle. The ruling Left Democratic Front led by the CPI-M, which held 19 of the state's 20 seats in the last Lok Sabha, has only four members in the new house.

May 16th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is on course to a stunning victory, having won eight of the 11 Kerala seats for which results had been announced and leading in another eight. The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had 19 of the 20 seats in the outgoing Lok Sabha.

May 16th, 2009 AIZAWL - The ruling Congress Saturday won the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram defeating an independent candidate supported by the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizoram Peoples' Conference (MPC) combine, an official here said. Congress aspirant C.L.

May 16th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The rout of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Lok Sabha elections is a 'birthday gift' to them from the state's people, a Congress leader said Saturday. 'They are going to celebrate the third anniversary of the government Monday and the voters here have given them the best gift for poor governance and anti-people policies,' a beaming Ramesh Chennithala, the Congress' state unit chief, told reporters at the party headquarters here.

April 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Guess what the people of two constituencies in Kerala want to know from political parties? Not so much about regional or national issues, but the parties' stance on Palestine and the India-US nuclear deal. Voters in Malappuram and Ponnani - where Sunni Muslims are in a majority - also want to know what candidates have to say about President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, whom they admire for their anti-US stance.

April 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Though Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nasir Maudany shared the dais with senior Communist Party of India-Marxist state leaders last month, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday refused to share the stage with any PDP leader.

March 14th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI - Moving swiftly to prevent a split within the ruling Left front in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday deputed politburo member Sitaram Yechury to iron out differences with fuming partner Communist Party of India (CPI). The CPI-M move came after the CPI gave an ultimatum to it in Kerala over the Ponnani seat, which it wants to contest.

March 14th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI - Kerala's two dominant and ruling communist parties were Friday locked in a feud over seat-sharing, a day after they joined hands with other parties to launch a Third Front for the Lok Sabha polls. The bone of contention between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala is the Ponnani seat in Mallapuram district, which the CPI was demanding but was refused.

March 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's two dominant and ruling Left parties were set to fall apart Friday over seat sharing in the Lok Sabha election, a day after they announced the birth of a multi-party coalition to contest the polls. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) was beset with trouble after the Communist Party of India (CPI) Friday gave an ultimatum to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) saying if not given the Ponnani seat, which it has been demanding for long, it would put up candidates in all seats that the 'big brother' CPI-M contests in the forthcoming elections.

March 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday announced that it was splitting from the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) in Kerala. The decision was taken by the CPI, after talks over who would contest the Ponnani seat failed.

March 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Communist Party of India (CPI) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) have rejected the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demand for the Ponnani and Kozhikode seats in Orissa. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) liaison committee meeting here today failed to make any headway in the seat sharing talks.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A two-day central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) began here Saturday to prepare the election manifesto and finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting is being held at a time when the party faces tough challenges in its bastions West Bengal and Kerala.

March 6th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - For the fourth successive day Thursday the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) failed to reach a consensus on a seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to party insiders, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is keen on re-allocating seats on the basis of a formula.

March 6th, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani will Friday kick off the election campaign in Jharkhand, a state from where the party has no member in the Lok Sabha.