Kerala polls: Nine ministers join Pinarayi Vijayan s victory parade as Left scripts history ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 00:55 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): Not only did the Left Democratic Front s Pinarayi Vijayan scripted history by breaking Kerala s record of voting out every incumbent government for the past four decades, so did nine of his cabinet colleagues who got elected, adding another feather in his cap.
Health Minister KK Shailaja won from Mattannur in Kannur with a record margin of 67,013 votes. Known as Shailja teacher to the masses, the school teacher-turned-politician has won much global praise for her efficient handling of the first COVID-19 wave in Kerala.
Ahead of counting, Pinarayi Vijayan in pole position
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Ahead of counting, Pinarayi Vijayan in pole position, UDF leaders mum. Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 : With minutes left for opening the ballot boxes, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, according to several exit polls results, is in a pole position, as not a single one has said the Congress-led UDF will win.
If this turns out to be true, Vijayan will go down in the history of Kerala as the first to lead a sitting government back to office, and since the last four days, that is the only thing one has heard the Left leaders including Vijayan saying time and again.
The saffron party s poll ride came to a grinding halt in the state as former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan, who was entrusted to retain Nemom in the state capital, failed to repeat the magic created byparty veteran O Rajagopal there in 2016 assembly elections.