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Rajendran S of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the Ariyalur constituency with a margin of 24498 votes. He garnered 95219 votes, while Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Latha Balu came second with 70721 votes.

Three DMK ministers launched a coordinated attack on AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami. They accused him of being dictated by the BJP, neglecting Chennai, and exhibiting double standards on family politics. The ministers also criticized the BJP government for LPG shortages and foreign policy failures.

The 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 9, according to the Election Commission of India, with counting scheduled for May 4. The term of the current assembly is set to end on May 23, and the Model Code of Conduct is now in force for the 140-member House, also known as the Kerala Niyamasabha.

Enforcement directorate (ED), probing the money laundering aspect in the gold smuggling case, on Thursday submitted in court that the WhatsApp chats between Swapna Suresh (A2) and M Sivasankar (A5) –extracted from seized mobiles – showed that he was sharing confidential government information, pertaining to Life Mission and K-FON projects, with her.

The Congress and BJP have intensified their demand for the resignation of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the wake of the enforcement directorate (ED) taking his former principal secretary, M Sivasankar, into custody in connection with the gold smuggling case.

The state government has finalised a list of six IPS officers in terms of seniority to be sent to the UPSC as part of the exercise in choosing a new DGP to succeed K Aravinda Rao after he superannuates on June 30 this year.

Rejecting opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami's claim, Tamil Nadu Transport Minister S S Sivasankar on Friday said that efforts are underway to procure 2,000 new buses and refurbish 1,500 old buses.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has expanded its probe into the money laundering activities linked to the gold smuggling case and sought details of a few major IT projects of the state government in which M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the chief minister, was involved in his official capacity.

The commissionerate of customs (preventive) will record the statement of IAS officer M Sivasankar in jail on Monday. The special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases, had, on Friday, cleared the questioning of the CM’s former principal secretary, who is in judicial custody.

Congress-led opposition stepped up its attack on CM Pinarayi Vijayan following the arrest of his former principal secretary M Sivasankar in connection with the alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Life Mission project. Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said the CM is the Life Mission chairman and that all the present developments are pointing fingers at him.

In a first cabinet reshuffle of the DMK government, the portfolios of ministers R S Rajakannappan and S S Sivasankar have been swapped.

BJP state president K Surendran on Wednesday said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has no moral right to continue in power with the arrest of his former principal secretary M Sivasankar by the ED in the Life Mission case.

With the latest revelations by the Enforcement Directorate in the court, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has lost all moral right to continue in the office, said opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala. “The statement ED submitted in court is a summary of the underworld dealings happening in the chief minister’s office. As per that, CMO is the epicentre of all corruption in the state. The ED has also confirmed that CMO became a centre of smugglers and fraudsters,” Chennithala told reporters here.

Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, facing probe in the Kerala gold smuggling case, was taken into custody by the ED from a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, with the opposition mounting pressure on CM Pinarayi Vijayan demanding his resignation over the matter.

The CPM’s warhorse from Kannur, M V Jayarajan, will soon assume office as the private secretary to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The state government has put forth 10-pronged action plan to mitigate traffic congestion on city roads following a meeting convened by IT secretary M Sivasankar, who is also in charge of Ernakulam district.

K M Shajahan, former private secretary of V S Achuthanandan, has wrote to chief secretary V P Joy, seeking disciplinary action against CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s former principal secretary M Sivasankar for writing a book justifying himself and the CM in connection with the gold

It is learnt that the state government has decided to terminate the consultancy agreement with Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) for the muchtouted e-mobility project after it came to light that former IT secretary and senior IAS officer M Sivasankar had sought the help of PwC to recruit Swapna Suresh, key accused in the gold smuggling case, to Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday engaged in some quick damage control by forcing his principal secretary M Sivasankar, IAS, to step down, as a gold smuggling racket involving diplomatic channels threatened to expose the alleged complicity of the chief minister’s office (CMO) in the crime.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said in the House that M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary in his office, had not obtained permission to write the book.