Biju Govind

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Biju Govind

When illegal immigration began dominating the headlines recently, I remembered two people from my earlier reporting assignments — C. Ibrahim and Moidu Kizhisseri. When he was 22 years old, Ibrahim, who hailed from Vadakara in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, boarded a ship to the Gulf, which landed up in Pakistan. He lived there for nine years and managed to secure a Pakistani passport. He returned to India in 1998 and married a woman called Nabeesu.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Biju Govind

After deliberating for more than six months, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on May 8 effected a leadership change in the party’s Kerala unit by appointing Sunny Joseph as president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Mr. Joseph, a three-time legislator from Peravoor, has replaced K. Sudhakaran. Incidentally, the announcement came soon after Mr. Sudhakaran publicly asserted that he had no intention of relinquishing the post.

Nov 14, 2024 | thehindu.com | Biju Govind

After the low voter turnout in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll on Wednesday (November 13, 2024), Congress leaders are keeping their fingers crossed about the outcome, especially when they have targeted to secure a victory margin of over 5 lakh votes for Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the seat vacated by her brother and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, five months ago to retain his second constituency, Rae Bareli.

Nov 12, 2024 | thehindu.com | Biju Govind

In the last few days, the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala has been grappling with two controversies involving civil servants. In the first instance, the Director of Industries and Commerce, K. Gopalakrishnan, caused a stir after he allegedly formed a WhatsApp group titled ‘Mallu Hindu Officers’. In the second, Agricultural Department Special Secretary N. Prasanth made some serious allegations on social media against his senior colleague, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) A. Jayathilak.

Nov 4, 2024 | thehindu.com | Biju Govind

With less than a week for the campaigning to end for the bypolls to the Wayanad Lok Sabha and Palakkad and Chelakkara Assembly seats in Kerala, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finds itself lagging behind in the no-holds-barred fight between the Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front in the State. The reasons range from delay in the announcement of candidates to questionable selection of nominees.