Kerala Assembly polls: All eyes on Palakkad constituency By Hari Mohan | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 05:08 IST
Palakkad (Kerala) [India], April 6 (ANI): Kerala s Palakkad constituency is set to witness a tight competition with India s Metro Man and BJP candidate E Sreedharan in the fray in this electoral battle.
A political analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity told ANI that the entry of the technocrat-turned politician Sreedharan has turned Palakkad into a keenly watched contest.
Sreedharan, the architect of the metro rail system in the country, joining the BJP was a much-celebrated event among the BJP lovers in and out of the state. BJP hopes to get the benefit from their undeclared Chief Minister face, Sreedharan s candidature throughout the state.
Kerala s Palakkad constituency is set to witness a tight competition with India s Metro Man and BJP candidate E Sreedharan in the fray in this electoral battle. A political analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity told ANI that the entry of the technocrat-turned politician Sreedharan has turned Palakkad into a keenly watched contest. Sreedharan, the architect of the metro rail system in the country, joining the BJP was a much-celebrated event among the BJP lovers in and out of the state. BJP hopes to get the benefit from their undeclared Chief Minister face, Sreedharan s candidature throughout the state. The BJP has high hopes in the assembly seat, despite the incumbent MLA Shafi Parambil winning a majority of nearly 17,000 votes in the 2016 elections. This is a seat held by the UDF since 2011. BJP is pinning hopes on its increasing vote share in the constituency, which comprises Palakkad Municipality and is one of the two civic bodies in which the BJP is in power in the