4086 Assembly polls: From New Delhiâs perspective, Tamil Nadu is the most significant state in the southern region. PTI
Radhika Ramaseshan
Senior Journalist
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have invested an inordinate amount of time, energy and ingenuity in crafting their campaigns and barnstorming the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry in the run-up to the Assembly elections. The grubstakes appear disproportionate to the ground strength and following of the two parties, although given its political bequest, the Congress might be a tad ahead of the BJP.
The two states and the UT have a robust flavour of the regional as against the ‘national’ in the other two southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Karnataka alone is conformist in the political sense. Bengaluru’s politics veers between the BJP and the Congress, although the provincial Janata Dal (Secular) has its niche.
Alappuzha, the land of fabled golden fibre has a red heart
It is known the world over as the Venice of the East. A land where nature has showered her blessings generously.
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Coir workers Udayan and Saji weaving geotextile mats at a small-scale unit at Kanjikuzhy in Alappuzha. (Photo | Albin Mathew, EPS)
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Alappuzha district has witnessed several labour uprisings that left a lasting imprint on the history of people’s movement in Kerala. Coir workers, farm labourers and fishers constitute the majority of the population, and it is their sentiments that determine the district’s socio-political stature. However, the district is grappling with the economic fallout of the migration of coir industry to TN
LDF may win Kerala assembly polls with 87 seats
By IANS| Posted by Sameer | Published: 28th February 2021 8:26 am IST
New Delhi: The CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front is going to give a tough fight to the Congress-United Democratic Front coalition and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, as it is likely to win 87 seats out of 140 and have a vote share of over 40 per cent, the IANS-CVoter survey revealed on Saturday.
On Friday, the Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for the Kerala Assembly election. The state will vote in a single-phase election for all 140 seats of the Kerala Assembly. It is likely to be a hotly contested political battle. In 2016, the LDF had assumed charge.
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