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Satheesan blocks Anilkumar's path to the party chief's chair, calls it a factional push
Minister A P Anilkumar's route to the KPCC president's post has run into the Chief Minister's resistance. V D Satheesan will not reshuffle the Cabinet six months into his government's term and reads the proposal as a factional demand. Minister Ramesh Chennithala is backing Joseph Vazhakkan for the same post.
Bar licences 'granted without the minister knowing': CPI(M) asks who is running Kerala
Senior CPI(M) leader P. Rajeev alleged on Tuesday that bar licences were granted to some hotels without the knowledge of Excise Minister M. Liju or senior officials, and asked who was running the state. The row follows Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan's order cancelling Rs 1 crore of repair work at Cliff House.
Five months in, cracks show in Kerala's UDF regime as Congress leaders question Satheesan
Less than five months after the Congress-led UDF swept to power in Kerala, rifts between Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and party colleagues have spilled into the open, with Congress leaders themselves questioning his decisions.