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The Left Democratic Front has been reduced to 35 seats in the Kerala Assembly. Thirteen ministers lost the election. With the CPM already out of power in the rest of India, Kerala was its last major stronghold.

On June 20, 2009, Arogyaraj Chettiar - who worked as a menial labourer - was travelling in a crowded local train from Goregaon railway station to Churchgate railway station in Mumbai with a friend in search of a job.



The Congress has to ensure this does not end up becoming another Rajasthan or Karnataka-like leadership tussle. In neighbouring Karnataka, the Congress finds itself split down the middle.


















Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring claimed that the "explosion" is deeply alarming, while Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia asked if law and order in a border state has collapsed.