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LDF may have lost its traditional votes in Vadakara
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Alleged trade-off of votes between BJP and UDF
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Alleged trade-off of votes between BJP and UDF The CPI(M) has blamed trade-off of votes between the BJP and the UDF for the defeat of the LDF candidate in the Vadakara Assembly constituency. From the voting pattern, it goes without saying that the LDF may also have lost some of its traditional votes here.
Vadakara was among the only two seats that the front lost in the district when a Left wave swept across the State, ensuring a second term for the Pinarayi Vijayan government. The loss was even more troublesome for the CPI(M), as the winner was the wife of a dissident party leader, who was allegedly murdered on a May 4 nine years ago after he broke away to form a new party.
Rema creates history in Vadakara
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This is a maiden victory for a UDF-backed candidate in the segment
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This is a maiden victory for a UDF-backed candidate in the segment
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) leader K.K. Rema’s victory from the Vadakara Assembly segment against her Left Democratic Front (LDF) rival and Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Manayath Chandran by a margin of 7,491 votes is historic on many counts.
First, the constituency in Kozhikode district bucked the general trend in the State in favour of the LDF by electing a United Democratic Front (UDF)-backed candidate. Second, this is only the second time a non-socialist nominee is being chosen by the electorate here except in 1957, when the undivided Communist Party of India’s M.K. Kelu won from here. Third, this is the first time a woman is getting elected as MLA from the segment. And this is also the maiden electoral victory for any UDF-backed candidate from Vadakara.
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Kerala polls: KK Rema, widow of RMP founder Chandrashekaran, highlights violence during campaign ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 11:49 IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], April 1 (ANI): The issue of political violence in Kerala is back in the limelight in Vadakara where KK Rema, widow of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) founder TP Chandrashekaran, is contesting the assembly polls.
Rema is contesting with the support of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).
Chandrashekaran, a political firebrand who broke away from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was allegedly hacked to death by CPI(M) workers on May 4, 2012.
In one of the most brutal political murders in Kerala s history, Chandrasekharan, as per the postmortem report, received 51 stab wounds. Now, Rema, his wife has come up with a campaign video, including a recreation of the murder and visuals of Chandrasekharan s body kept for the public to pay homage then. The video a