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This comes at a time the BJP is rumoured to be keen on fielding central ministers in a few seats in Kerala, including Thiruvananthapuram, where it has yet to win a single Parliament seat ....
Counting of votes began at 8 a.m. on Sunday in Kerala and in the initial rounds Metroman E.Sreedharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in the Palakkad Assembly constituency with over 2,000 votes. Sreedharan was able to bag a sizeable number of postal votes and was able to maintain a lead when the EVMs were opened. Reports coming from Palakkad indicate that Sreedharan was able to garner votes from two wards where Congress won in the December local body polls. Sreedharan on expected grounds got more votes than two of the other candidates from the traditional rivals. Incidentally, the exit polls had predicted a very close fight between the Congress candidate Shafi Parambil and Sreedharan and the Left s candidate placed at third position. ....
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Palakkad Assembly constituency, Metroman E Sreedharan on Tuesday said his party will for sure put an impressive show in the Kerala Assembly Elections adding that he will win from Palakkad with a big margin. After casting vote at a polling booth in Ponnani, E Sreedharan said, BJP will have an impressive show this time, there is no doubt about it. I will win from the Palakkad constituency with a big margin. My entry into BJP has given a different image to the party. Sreedharan is contesting against sitting MLA Shafi Parambil of Congress and CP Pramod of CPI-M.Sreedharan, the architect of the metro rail system in the country, joining the BJP was a much-celebrated event among the BJP lovers in and out of the state. BJP hopes to get the benefit from their undeclared Chief Minister face, Sreedharan s candidature throughout the state. ....
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. ....