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On the 30th anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on May 21, IPS officer Prateep V Philip shares an eyewitness account of the moments surrounding the ghastly blast.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as CM.
The BJP has emerged as a major challenger in these elections while the Left is battling for survival. Kerala is the last state where the Left has a chief minister. On the other hand, Congress is fighting to remain relevant in Indian politics.
No serious law and order issues were witnessed in the state and polling was by and large peaceful.
The stage is set for one of the busiest day of the ongoing election season with all the five states/UT – West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry – going to polls on April 6.
Along with Kerala, Tamil Nadu will choose its next government on Tuesday. The opposition DMK seemed set to rebound if opinion polls were any indication. The political landscape witnessed visible signs of imminent cyclones too. Former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s influential associate Sasikala
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, responding to a question following the announcement of the award, said that the decision had nothing to do with the election.
The DMK, out of power since 2011, is eyeing a comeback by dethroning the ruling AIADMK and has stitched up a rainbow coalition comprising the Congress, the Left, MDMK, VCK and other smaller outfits.
This is also the first assembly elections after the demise of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa (d. 2016) and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi (d. 2018).
Asserting that its alliance with the AIADMK was strong, BJP national general secretary C T Ravi, said the NDA was led by his party and Narendra Modi in the state as well, apparently indicating that it was not steered by the ruling party, the senior partner.