From Vizhinjam port to handloom, a gamut of issues in Kovalam
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While UDF is confident of retaining seat, LDF nominee banks on his bond with voters
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While UDF is confident of retaining seat, LDF nominee banks on his bond with voters Ranging from the deep-sea fishing row to the delay in realising the Vizhinjam seaport and from the plight of the handloom weavers of Balaramapuram to the shortage of potable water along the coastal belt, a whole gamut of issues have come to the fore in the Kovalam Assembly constituency where electioneering has neared a finish.
Kovalam has no extreme loyalty
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Electoral outcomes are known to hinge on caste and communal undercurrents here
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Electoral outcomes are known to hinge on caste and communal undercurrents here
Having navigated between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) for two decades, the Kovalam Assembly constituency has presented choppy waters for both coalitions during the upcoming polls.
Swim against the tide
The segment is also known to swim against the tide by defying popular waves that normally sweep across the rest of the State.
A formation of predominantly coastal villages, the constituency witnessed stiff competition in the previous Assembly elections in 2016 when M. Vincent of the Congress defeated the then incumbent MLA Jameela Prakasam of the Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)] by a margin of 2,615 votes.
Around 92 CPM members in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Prahlad Joshi and V. Muraleedharan, the lone Keralite in the Union Cabinet.Among those who joined the BJP included five women and local .