 Summary of this article
- Kerala is going to poll for assembly elections 2026 on April 9
- The growing personality cult around Pinarayi Vijayan, both within the party and beyond, has emerged as a key point of criticism.
- Despite being allies in the INDIA bloc at the national level, the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) remain at odds in Kerala.
On March 30, 1977, India was emerging from the long shadow of the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister, the late Indira Gandhi. The general election had just reshaped the national political landscape, even as in Kerala, the Congress-CPI combine returned to power. |
