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Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral | Latest News India

Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral | Latest News India

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Nov 14, 2024 01:23 AM IST While Jayarajan admitted that he was writing an autobiography, he said that it was still unfinished and that he had struck no deal with any publishing house. Senior CPI(M) leader and former LDF convenor EP Jayarajan dismissed reports of his autobiography being released by a prominent publishing house on Wednesday, hours after some purported excerpts from the said book circulated in the local media creating a political row on a day when bypolls were being held in two constituencies in Kerala. Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral While Jayarajan admitted that he was writing an autobiography, he said that it was still unfinished and that he had struck no deal with any publishing house for its release. His clarification came hours after DC Books in a Facebook post, carrying even the cover of the purported book by him, said that the veteran CPM leader’s autobiography would soon reach the readers. The purported Malayalam book was titled “Kattanchayayum Parippuvadayum: Our Communistinte Jeevitham” …

Kerala bypoll: In Assembly seat seen as within its reach, BJP faces rebellion | Political Pulse News

Kerala bypoll: In Assembly seat seen as within its reach, BJP faces rebellion | Political Pulse News

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THE BJP’S hopes of making a dent in the bypoll for Palakkad, a seat where it finished runner-up in both the 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections, have taken a beating. On Monday, its popular young leader and state committee member G Sandeep Varier declared that he would not campaign for C Krishnakumar, the BJP candidate for the Palakkad bypoll, to be held on November 20 now. In 2021, the BJP had fielded ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan from the seat, and he got 35.34% of the votes, underlining the improvement in the party’s vote share election after election in Palakkad. Even in the 2016 Assembly polls, when the BJP did not have such a high-profile candidate, it got 29.08% of the votes in the seat. In this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won its first-ever constituency in Kerala, Thrissur, boosting its expectations regarding Palakkad. Varier contested the 2021 Assembly elections from Shornur in Palakkad district, and got 24.34 % of the votes. His rebellion against the BJP, announced via a Facebook post, comes close on …

Kerala Congress’s social media star to a bitter rebel going viral. Who is P Sarin? | Political Pulse News

Kerala Congress’s social media star to a bitter rebel going viral. Who is P Sarin? | Political Pulse News

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As the head of the Kerala Congress digital media cell, P Sarin was credited with creating campaigns and posts for the party that stood out from the deluge during the Lok Sabha elections and after. Now, with his open revolt, Sarin has left the Congress with a narrative mess that it needs to clean up if it hopes to win the coming Palakkad Assembly bypoll. Incidentally, Sarin’s predecessor in the digital media team, Anil Antony, the son of Congress stalwart A K Antony, also revolted and left the party last year, after which Sarin took over. Anil Antony is now in the BJP. One of the most memorable posts conceived by the social media team under Sarin was on June 5, a day after the Lok Sabha results. With the BJP failing to get a majority and needing to form a coalition to retain power, including with allies TDP and JD-U, the Kerala Congress handle posted a picture of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav talking to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. The caption read: “Don’t panic …