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The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is leading in 17 out of 20 seats in Kerala, indicating that the coalition is set for one of the best-ever electoral performances in Kerala. In Thrissur, BJP’s Suresh Gopi is set for a victory with a 74,000-odd lead while the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is leading in Attingal and Alathur.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s trip abroad with his family has led to a political storm in Kerala, with both the Congress and the BJP raising questions about its timing and the costs involved.
Putting speculation to rest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, evoking sharp responses from both the BJP and the Left in Kerala. But the people of Wayanad said that Rahul, who entered the Lower House of Parliament from the seat in 2019 after losing the family turf of Amethi to Union Minister Smriti Irani, would not leave the seat even if he won both. Wayanad voted in the second phase on April 26 with the rest of the constituencies in Kerala.
The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala has found itself in a spot in the wake of revelations that the CPI(M) central committee member and LDF convener, E P Jayarajan, had held discussions with the BJP’s Kerala in charge Prakash Javadekar.
AS THE WHOLE of Kerala votes in one phase for its 20 constituencies on Friday, the fight remains between the LDF and UDF. Their leading parties, the CPI(M) and Congress, are partners in INDIA bloc, but in the state, the contest has been bare-knuckled between the two, with the BJP emerging as a strong contestant to make it a three-way fight in some seats.
On Tuesday, on the road leading to Vadakkanad village near Sulthan Bathery town in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Sulaiman is seen pulling down the shutters of his small tea shop at 6 pm. “It is too early to shut down, but travellers along this route are under constant threat from wild animals. People are scared to move on this road after dusk. Hence, there is no point in keeping the tea shop open,’’ he says.
“A Union Minister for Thrissur, Modi’s guarantee’’. The BJP’s prospects in this constituency are being built, day by day, on this promise of actor-turned politician Suresh Gopi. There is another, more personal slogan that the former Rajya Sabha MP has dusted off from his unsuccessful 2019 campaign from the seat: “Thrissur njan edukkuva (I am taking Thrissur), Enikku venom Thrissur (I want Thrissur)”.
Various castes and communities in Kerala play a crucial role in driving the politics of the leading parties and their alliances. In the election season, from the selection of candidates to the framing of planks to running of their campaigns, the interests and concerns of such communities are factored in by the parties as part of their strategies to retain vote banks and expand bases to the rival turfs in the state.