One of the most keenly watched constituencies in Phase-2 of the Lok Sabha elections will be in the serene backwater gateway of Alappuzha where Rahul Gandhi's trusted aide KC Venugopal will try to wrest his stronghold back from the CPM's AM Ariff.
Alappuzha is the only seat out of Kerala's 20 which Cong-led UDF lost in 2019; this time BJP has fielded its firebrand leader Sobha Surendran while CPI(M) has retained its sitting MP.
Dharwad/ Vijayapura/ Bagalkot: The district election offices in Dharwad, Vijayapura and Bagalkot have made all arrangements to conduct Lok Sabha polls.
Kerala is gearing up for a pivotal moment of democratic expression, with three prominent actors entering the political ring. Suresh Gopi, a star candidate of the BJP, is contesting from the Thrissur constituency on a BJP ticket, while M Mukesh, a sitting Left MLA, is contesting from the Kollam Lok Sabha seat. The saffron party has fielded its leader and actor G Krishnakumar to take on Mukesh in Kollam and UDF candidate N K Premachandran, who represents the Kollam seat currently.
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