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Kerala Assembly polls | Pinarayi leans on religious metaphor to claim LDF would coast to victory Updated: Updated: Chennithala mocks the Chief Minister for invoking Lord Ayyappa on polling day Share Article AAA Kerala Chief Minister and CPI (M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan after casting his vote at Pinarayi, Kerala, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. | Photo Credit: C.P. Sajit Chennithala mocks the Chief Minister for invoking Lord Ayyappa on polling day Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said, arguably in a non-literal sense, that the deities of the land would bless the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The government had stood with the people and succoured them during the catastrophic floods and later the COVID-19 pandemic. He said, seemingly metaphorically, that Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala temple, would favour the government because it had taken care of the people. Other religions also backed the ruling front, he said. ....
Malfunctioning of EVMs and VVPAT machines was reported from a number of booths, but overall voting has been progressing at a brisk pace across the State. ....
Kerala Assembly elections | Chennithala says LDF favoured Adani group to curry favour with Centre Updated: Updated: April 02, 2021 12:40 IST The Opposition Leader alleges the move was to avert ‘prosecution by Central agencies investigating the UAE consulate-linked gold smuggling case’. Share Article Opposition Leader in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala. File photo | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA The Opposition Leader alleges the move was to avert ‘prosecution by Central agencies investigating the UAE consulate-linked gold smuggling case’. Opposition Leader in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala has alleged that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government had awarded a lucrative power purchase contract to the Gujarat-based Adani group to avert “prosecution by Central agencies investigating the UAE consulate-linked gold smuggling case”. ....
BJP will be a marginal player, says Tariq Anwar. Terming technocrat E. Sreedharan’s entry into the BJP a “gimmick,” the Congress’s Kerala in-charge Tariq Anwar on Sunday said it would be a direct fight between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the coming Assembly polls as the people would not “waste” their votes on the BJP which would remain a marginal player in the State. The Congress general secretary also asserted that it was not the party’s tradition to announce a chief ministerial face and after polls the name of the Chief Minister candidate would be arrived at through consensus. ....