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Ahead of Kerala Assembly polls, CM Vijayan faces multiple challenges

In the four years the Vijayan government has been in office, Kerala has had to battle cyclones (Ockhi and now, possibly, Nivar), two floods and two epidemiological disasters - Nipah and Covid-19

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The Vijayan government will forever be remembered, not for the good things it has done but for trying to muzzle the freedom of expression

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 26 2020 | 6:10 AM IST

With months to go for the Kerala Assembly elections (due April-May 2021), Kerala Chief Minister and proud Communist Pinarayi Vijayan is having a torrid time of it. Otherwise known as an able administrator and undogmatic to a fault, he has been battling multiple challenges in the past six months of his tenure.

Take the latest, wholly avoidable controversy. The government amended Section 118A of the Kerala Police Act to impose rigorous punishment — five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 — on anyone found to be bullying, insulting or disgracing individuals through any content. The offence included forwarding such

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