Kerala elections 2021: Chandrasekharan, 11 different MLAs in CPI’s first record

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Twelve CPI legislators — together with Revenue Minister E Chandrasekharan and Deputy Speaker V Sasi — will search folks’s mandate once more. Becoming the primary main political celebration to announce candidates for the upcoming meeting elections, the CPI launched its first record of 21 candidates on Tuesday. Vaikom MLA C Okay Asha is the one girl amongst them.

A call on the remaining 4 seats — Chadayamangalam, Haripad, Paravoor and Nattika — will likely be introduced in two days, stated celebration secretary Kanam Rajendran. Of these, Nattika and Chadayamangalam are the celebration’s sitting seats. Along with Geetha Gopi, a number of different names are additionally being thought of for Nattika. In Chadayamangalam, sitting MLA Mullakkara Ratnakaran will keep away as he has accomplished three phrases. Senior chief Pannian Raveendran options excessive on the precedence record for the seat.

Kanam: Content with seat-sharing in LDF 

Announcing the candidates, Kanam stated considerations over a scarcity of ladies candidates can be addressed as soon as the celebration comes up with the remaining 4 candidates. Okay P Suresh Raj and G R Anil, the district secretaries of Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram respectively will contest from Mannarkkad. He must step down from the celebration put up earlier than contesting.  While discontent is brewing inside the celebration over the CPM snubbing its long-time ally and giving the Changanassery seat to the KC (M), Kanam stated the celebration is content material with the seat-sharing within the Left entrance.

While the CPI has been sad with the CPM giving over-prominence to the KC (M), Kanam indicated the KC (M)’s energy can be identified solely after the outcomes are out. He stated the celebration has no criticism relating to not getting sufficient seats in Kottayam. Briefing the state council selections, Kanam stated the CPI didn’t lose or should alternate any of its sitting seats due to the entry of latest allies.  “We are content material with the present seat association within the Left.

In 2011, the celebration contested 27 seats. This time, we’re contesting in 25 seats as two seats went to new allies. Kanjirappally is the sitting seat of Kerala Congress (M) and Changanassery shouldn’t be a celebration seat,” he stated. Responding to repeated questions on the CPM giving 13 seats to the KC (M), Kanam remained non-committal. “Contesting from more seats doesn’t mean a party is powerful. Whether the Left front has made any gain with the entry of KC (M) will be known after the elections,” he stated.