Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left
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March 07, 2021 23:46 IST
Show in last LS poll raises UDF’s hopes in the only SC-reserved segment in Kollam
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Show in last LS poll raises UDF’s hopes in the only SC-reserved segment in Kollam
Kovoor Kunjumon, the incumbent Kunnathur legislator, had vowed to protect Sasthamcotta freshwater lake before getting married. As the poll fever hots up, Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh has promised him a chance to tie the knot by breaching the Left fortress. And for Mr. Kunjumon, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) leader who has been representing the Assembly segment for the past two decades, 2021 polls will be very crucial in more ways than one. Kunnathur, the only Assembly segment in the district reserved for the Scheduled Caste community, used to be a two-member constituency till 1965. It includes Sooranad North, Sooranad South, Poruvazhy, Kunnathur, West Kallada, Mynagappally and Sasthamcotta panchayats along with Munroe Thuruthu and East Kallada panchayats in Kollam taluk and Pavithreswaram panchayat in Kottarakara taluk. A land of cashew workers and farmers, Kunnathur has showed an evident Leftward tilt mostly.