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Congress To Announce Applicants For Kerala Meeting Polls On Sunday: Former Leader Minister Oommen Chandy


“The applicants are but to be determined by way of the party,” mentioned Oommen Chandy.

Kochi (Kerala):

Congress chief and previous Kerala leader minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday mentioned that the party will announce its checklist of applicants for Kerala Meeting polls on Sunday.

“Congress will announce its checklist of applicants day after today in Delhi. You all have to attend to grasp who would be the candidate within the Nemom constituency,” mentioned Oommen Chandy.

When requested if he’s going to be contesting from the Nemom constituency, he mentioned, “Wait to grasp who would be the candidate within the Nemom constituency.”

Nemom is likely one of the ten seats out of 91 that Congress is but to make a choice a candidate.

The Congress party on Friday introduced that 81 applicants were finalised, out of the 91 seats it is going to be contesting in Kerala. On the other hand, it didn’t announce the names of those applicants.

“There are not any disputes within the ten seats, applicants are but to be determined by way of the party,” mentioned Oommen Chandy.

Nemom, a suburb within the state capital is turning into a point of interest of the Kerala meeting polls, with all 3 fronts making a bet large for a victory at the lone seat that the BJP controlled to win within the 2016 meeting polls.

The BJP leaders had referred to Nemom because the ”Gujarat of Kerala” and to dissatisfied the apple cart of BJP, Congress is taking part in its playing cards with reference to the chest.

CPI(M) has determined to move forward with V Shivankutty who additionally began his marketing campaign within the constituency beating each his Congress and BJP competitors.

The Nemom constituency used to be gained by way of BJP veteran O Rajagopal in 2016, garnering 67,813 votes in opposition to CPI(M) candidate V Shivankutty, who controlled to get 59,142 votes.

Whilst Congress-led United Democratic Alliance (UDF) completed in 3rd with simply 13,860 votes secured by way of the JD(S) candidate V Surendran Pillai.

Even because the checklist of Congress applicants getting behind schedule, the principle constituent companions within the Congress-led UDF, the Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) introduced its applicants on Friday.

Whilst the Muslim League will contest on 27 seats, Kerala Congress, the splinter crew headed by way of PJ Joseph having prominence within the Christian-dominated Kottayam-Idukki belt will likely be contesting on 10 seats.

5 seats were given to the Progressive Socialist Party ( RSP) of which Shibu Child John will likely be contesting from Chavara.

The election for 140-member Kerala Meeting in 14 districts will likely be held in one segment on April 6. The counting of votes will likely be hung on Might 2.

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