March 22, 2021 3:07 pm
"It will be a three-cornered fight. But the image of the Congress, both at the national level and at the state level, is weak," Rajagopal said.
January 01, 2021 7:52 am
Rajagopal, who opened the BJP’s account in Kerala in the 2016 elections, has in the past too differed with the party's stand.
January 01, 2021 1:22 am
Rajagopal had apparently received the secret backing of some of the Left pockets in his constituency in his last election. Sources said the party leadership has taken the issue seriously and may seek a report from the state unit.
May 01, 2019 3:50 pm
In 2014, it was Rajagopal who had fought on BJP ticket only to go down to Tharoor in the final rounds of counting by around 15,000 votes.
May 19, 2016 4:30 pm
The BJP will thank Rajagopal for opening its account in the state assembly where bipolar politics have so far kept the party out of the reckoning.
June 30, 2015 12:40 pm
In the Aruvikkara byelection, the Congress candidate won by more than 10,000 votes. The BJP finished third behind CPM.
May 17, 2014 3:15 am
But considering the bipolar politics of Kerala, finishing second in an LS election was not a mean achievement.
April 27, 2011 12:27 am
On the question of imposing a ban on endosulfan a raging controversy in Kerala which has assumed political colours after Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan accused the UPA government of favouring the pesticide lobby the BJP is a divided house.
April 26, 2011 1:12 am
Kerela's raging pesticide politics saw the Left,BJP and the Church join hands,seeking a countrywide ban of endosulfan even as the Centre rejected the demand.
October 07, 2010 4:15 am
The BJP's move to enter into an electoral alliance with the CPM in the ensuing elections to local bodies in places where the party has not fielded candidates has not gone down well with the state unit.



