He is fighting both the BJP and the Congress, one nationally and the other locally. In a chat with KR Balasubramanyam, the CPM leader, 78, predicted the INDIA bloc would do well riding on the “anti-BJP” momentum in several states.
Four-time MP, three-time MLA, two-time Minister, Congress heavyweight Chennithala all set for battleground Kerala ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 17:04 IST
Haripad (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly since 2016, Ramesh Ramakrishnan Nair, popularly known as Ramesh Chennithala, is one of the key candidates contesting from the Haripad constituency for the fifth time, opposite BJP s K. Soman and CPI s R. Sajilal in the upcoming assembly elections.
Haripad Assembly constituency in Alappuzha district of Kerala is part of the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, which falls in the Travancore region of the state.
In the 2016 Assembly elections Congress Chennithala won from this seat defeating CPI s P. Prasad by a margin of 18,621 votes. After emerging victorious in this election, Chennithala was elected as Leader of the Opposition.