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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Nemom, the lone constituency held by BJP within the state, is witnessing a good battle amongst LDF, UDF and NDA. Whereas LDF is upbeat that the votes polled by Congress candidate Okay Muraleedharan would in the end assist CPM candidate V Sivankutty, UDF rubbishes this, sustaining it would get a snug majority, whereas the LDF is pushed to the third place.
As for NDA, whereas O Rajagopal created historical past in 2016, it stays to be seen whether or not former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan will be capable to repeat the feat.LDF’s Sivankutty who received from Nemom in 2011, is working onerous to avenge his defeat in 2016. Anavoor Nagappan, CPM district secretary, instructed TNIE that Muraleedharan has not been in a position to create any ripples within the constituency. “Muraleedharan may get extra votes from the 13,000 that Congress acquired in 2016, simply because he’s contesting on the Congress’ image. Right here, the battle is between LDF and NDA. Rajagopal was a failure and didn’t deliver any growth to Nemom. This may immediate voters to decide on Sivankutty,” he stated.
In 1982, Okay Karunakaran had contested from Nemom in addition to Mala and received each seats. After 39 years, his son Muraleedharan is contesting from the identical seat. KPCC vice-president Sooranad Rajasekharan alleged that LDF had, like in 2016, unleashed a whisper marketing campaign towards their candidate.“In 2016, they began saying that there was no level in voting for our candidates,” he stated, including, “Weak candidates and giving the seat to allies had been the explanations for our poor present in Nemom in 2011 and 2016. This time, Muraleedharan is a powerful contestant,” he stated.
After mendacity low for a decade, native Congress leaders have grow to be lively in Nemom, ever since Congress determined to place up its personal candidate within the seat. Thiruvananthapuram DCC chief Neyyattinkara Sanal exuded confidence that there can be consolidation of minority votes in Congress’ favour. “Congress will deliver down BJP’s vote share. This has despatched alarm bells ringing in LDF which has began a marketing campaign towards Muraleedharan saying that by specializing in Nemom, our electioneering in neighbouring seats has slackened. That is false,” he stated.
BJP state spokesperson B Gopalakrishnan rubbished LDF’s claims and exuded confidence on Kummanam’s victory. “Folks at the moment are vigilant as a result of presence of social media. We’re assured of overcoming all of the political gimmicks being unleashed in LDF’s favour,” he stated.
