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Prakash Javadekar slams LDF, UDF govts over high unemployment rate in Kerala

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Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prabhari Prakash Javadekar has accused the successive governments of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) over the past seven decades of not creating job opportunities citing the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the statistics office that put Kerala’s unemployment rate at 30%. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, he said that 47% of females and 19% of males in the State were unemployed. The survey highlights a stark contrast between Kerala’s unemployment rates and those of other States such as Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat where the total unemployment rate is just 2.6% and 3.1% respectively, Mr. Javadekar said and demanded that the government come clean on the survey findings. “The disparity underscores the difference between effective governance models, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s good governance model and the bad governance of the LDF, UDF, and the INDIA alliance. The LDF-UDF alliance did politics over issues like Palestine, Intifada, and appeasement of extremism instead of focusing on employment generation and development,” he said. …

Kerala Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan alleges that E.P. Jayarajan met Prakash Javadekar at CM’s instance 

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Kerala’s Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: Sreejith R. Kumar Kerala’s Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said that LDF convenor E.P. Jayarajan’s admission that he secretly parleyed with BJP’s Kerala in-charge Prakash Javadekar had drawn the curtains back on the CPI(M)‘s tacit understanding with the BJP to disadvantage the Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kerala.  Mr. Satheesan accused Mr. Vijayan of authorising Mr. Jayarajan’s meeting with Mr. Javadekar and later throwing the LDF convenor under the bus when the embarrassing details of the conclave emerged in the public domain on the poll day on April 26.  Mr. Satheesan said that Mr. Vijayan had “pre-emptively scapegoated” Mr. Jayarajan to escape the onus of a crippling defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He said that Mr. Vijayan sought to escape blame for his “failures and crimes” as Chief Minister by holding Mr. Jayarajan accountable for the poor showing at the hustings.  Mr. Satheesan alleged that the CPI(M) had struck a secret compact with the BJP to channel party votes to the …

Kerala CM says LDF convenor E.P. Jayarajan should have exercised caution in meeting Prakash Javadekar in presence of middleman

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (file) | Photo Credit: PTI Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said Left Democratic Front (LDF) convenor E.P. Jayarajan’s geniality often caused the latter to lose guard.  Also Read: Kerala Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE Updates Speaking to reporters in Kannur on April 26, Mr. Vijayan said he noted “nothing scandalous” in Mr. Jayarajan meeting BJP leader Prakash Javadekar or any other rival politician.  However, Mr. Vijayan said, it should not have been in the presence of a “dubious middleman whose sole concern was making money by hook or crook.” Mr. Jayarajan had said earlier that Mr. Javadekar and T.G. Nandakumar, a self-styled power broker based in New Delhi, had dropped in without prior intimation at his son’s apartment in Thiruvananthapuram.  Mr. Jayarajan said he was partaking in his grandchild’s birthday party when the duo invited themselves over.  Mr. Vijayan said Mr. Jayarajan had displayed a lack of caution.  He said the LDF convenor’s “forthrightness and affability” often put the latter in a spot.  “Those who candidly rub shoulders with …

LDF convener E.P. Jayarajan admits meeting BJP’s Prakash Javadekar 

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LDF convener E.P. Jayarajan (file) | Photo Credit: S. GOPAKUMAR Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener E.P. Jayarajan on April 26 told reporters in Kannur that he had briefly met Prakash Javadekar, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kerala in-charge, at his son’s flat in Thiruvananthapuram.  Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran had stirred up a storm on April 25, accusing Mr. Jayarajan of secretly plotting to defect to the BJP by opening a secret communication channel with the party’s leadership.  The LDF found itself in a spot after BJP leader Sobha Surendran and T.G. Nandakumar, a self-styled power broker, endorsed the accusation.  Mr. Jayarajan said he was partaking in his grandchild’s birthday when Mr. Javadekar and Mr. Nandakumar dropped in without prior intimation.  He said he dodged discussing politics with the BJP leader and excused himself by stating that he had a meeting to attend.  Mr. Jayarajan said he did not feel the need to inform the CPI(M) leadership about the interaction. “As LDF convener, people of different political dispositions, including from the Congress, meet …