Kerala MLA PC George
They might call him ‘Pottymouth PC’ in Kerala, but it has seldom bothered Palthottathil Chacko George. The 70-year-old made history in the 2016 assembly poll when he defeated the LDF, UDF, and the NDA to retain his home constituency Poonjar by a margin of 27,821 votes. Except for 1987, George has won elections every time since 1980.
His electoral pull is a mystery given that he is a man everyone loves to hate. Extremely male chauvinist, he has never expressed any sympathy for victims of sexual abuse. He backed actor Dileep in the 2017 abduction and rape case of a Malayalee actress, openly defended Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the 2018 nun rape case, has denounced ‘love jihad’. He joined the United Democratic Front but left when he found the National Democratic Alliance a more winnable platform. Now, he is contesting the poll as an Independent under the banner of his Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). He recently cancelled his poll campaign at Erattupetta town when the crowd booed and heckled him, but not before he had let out a few cuss words. The incident went viral on social media, but George remained unperturbed.