Shama Mohammed, Jebi Mather, Nisha Purushothaman could determine in Congress candidates’ record for Kerala polls

Express News Service
KOCHI: In the wake of Congress management’s promise to subject new faces and younger girls within the coming meeting elections, a number of names, together with some acquainted faces, are doing the rounds in social gathering circles. Party insiders stated KPCC  is contemplating the names of Shama Mohammed, AICC spokesperson, Jebi Mather, KPCC secretary and former Youth Congress nationwide secretary, and Nisha Purushothaman, Malayalam TV journalist.

The identify of Shama, a dentist who’s serving the social gathering as nationwide spokesperson, has come up in Kannur and Taliparamba constituencies. If IUML agrees to swap the Kalamassery seat with Congress for an additional, Jebi is more likely to be the UDF candidate from there, a supply stated. The supply stated Congress is contemplating Nisha in Udumbanchola seat, the place it had misplaced by simply 1,109 votes within the final elections. 

Apart from her familiarity as a media persona, Nisha’s household background — her father T G Purushothaman is a Congress chief who had for lengthy served as president of Chakkupallam grama panchayat in Idukki — can also be being factored in by the social gathering.  Though T G Purushothaman is now not lively in politics, his picture as a Congressman who has remained proof against groupism within the social gathering, makes him acceptable to all sections inside Congress and society. By advantage of this, if his daughter had been to be fielded, she is going to be capable to garner votes within the seat at present represented by Power Minister M M Mani.  CPM has been successful the seat since 2001. However, Congress is satisfied it can’t solely give a troublesome struggle however even break CPM’s successful streak. Meanwhile, Nisha instructed TNIE that studies on her candidature had been mere hypothesis.

According to Ibrahimkutty Kallar, Idukki DCC president, “We hope Congress can wrest the seat this time. However, we have not proposed the names of anybody so far. The party will start candidate discussions only after February 5. I too have heard that Nisha Purushothaman is being considered in Udumbanchola, but from media reports only”.Though Shama’s identify is being thought-about in Kannur and Taliparamba seats, it’s learnt that she is going to want Kannur since her ancestral roots are there. She stated she is going to contest the meeting elections if directed by the social gathering.

“Both Rahul Gandhi and the KPCC said women and youth should be given preference. Let’s not forget that Kerala is one of the few states in India where women outnumber  men.  As announced by the senior leaders, if UDF fields more women and youth in the elections, the front will definitely win. Candidate selection is pretty crucial,” stated Shama. 

Lathika Subhash, Mahila Congress state president, Bindu Krishna, Kollam DCC president, P R Sona, KPCC basic secretary and former chairperson of Kottayam municipality and Shanimol Usman, sitting MLA in Aroor, are the opposite outstanding girl leaders, more likely to determine within the Congress’ record of candidates.