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.
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The election for the 140-member Kerala Assembly will be held on April 6.
Thiruvananthapuram: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound states, will address election rallies and roadshows in Kerala on Thursday (April 1).
The Uttar Pradesh CM will start campaigning for BJP in the poll-bound state on Thursday morning from Haripad Assembly in Kayamkulam. The BJP leader is scheduled to address a public rally there around 11:30 am.
The Kayamkulam’s public rally will be followed by massive roadshows in Kazhakkoottam and Parassala in the afternoon.
Additionally, BJP National President JP Nadda is also scheduled to hold numerous public rallies and roadshows in Kerala. The BJP chief will commence his campaigning in the poll-bound state with a roadshow in Attingal constituency in the morning, followed by a public meeting in Karunagappally constituency at noon.
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Lathika Subhash resigned from the Congress saying the party has not given enough representation for women in the Kerala candidate list. Lathika Subhash | Photo Credit: ANI
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Lathika Subhash wanted to contest from Ettumanoor
Congress MP K Sudhakaran alleged that the winning probability and merit of the candidates were not the criteria for the distribution of seats
The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 86 candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Lathika Subash resigned from the post of Mahila Congress president after being denied a ticket in the upcoming assembly elections.
Updated Mar 14, 2021 | 18:52 IST
Rajya Sabha member KJ Alphons will contest from the Kanjirappally assembly seat in the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections 2021. BJP leader KJ Alphons | Photo Credit: ANI
Thiruvananthapuram: Hours after being fielded as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, Rajya Sabha MP KJ Alphons on Sunday said that he was not keen to contest in the polls.
However, he asserted that he s happy that the party high command has asked him to contest the elections. I am happy that BJP high command has asked me to contest. I follow the directions of the party even though I was not keen to contest at all. I am going to fight and I am going to win, news agency ANI quoted Alphons as saying.