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By reposing faith in the LDF, Kerala voters have sent a message to Congress and BJP too
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By reposing faith in the LDF, Kerala voters have sent a message to Congress and BJP too
The spectacular victory of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Kerala Assembly election has put the spotlight on its lead author, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. His resolute leadership style and daring political experiments found resounding approval among the State’s electorate that re-elected an incumbent government for the first time in four decades. With this historic victory, Mr. Vijayan has further reinforced his already unassailable status as the supreme leader of the CPI(M) and the LDF. At 75, his challenge now will be to use his authority to transform the party so that its current dynamism outlasts his position in command. By replacing several old warhorses with fresh faces in the p
Indian state elections deliver blow to Modi, amid COVID-19 catastrophe
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national government have suffered a major setback in five state assembly elections held in late March and April, but whose results were only tabulated on Sunday.
Trinamool Congress party chief Mamata Banerjee shows victory sign as she addresses supporters and media following her party s victory in the West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo)
The Hindu supremacist BJP fell far short of what it had loudly proclaimed to be its principal goal wresting power in West Bengal, India’s fourth most populous state, from Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress.
BJP, JIH helped UDF, claims CPI(M)
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The Communist Party of India ( Marxist) [CPI-M] has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) overtly and covertly helped the Congress- led United Democratic Front candidates of the Assembly polls in Kozhikode district.
A statement said in Kozhikode that the vote-share of the BJP came down in two assembly constituencies - Vadakara and Koduvally - which were won by the UDF backed Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) respectively.
In the 2020 local body polls, the BJP secured 18,555 votes in the district panchayat division of Vadakara. But now the party candidate got only 10,225 votes. Likewise , in the 2016 assembly polls, the BJP received 13, 410 votes in Vadakara segment.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP drew a blank in the Kerala assembly elections, failing to retain even Nemom, which party leaders often referred to as “BJP’s Gujarat in Kerala”. What could offer some solace is that the party finished second in 8 seats.
At Manjeswaram in Kasaragod, where party state president K Surendran put up a strong fight, it lost by a narrow margin of 745 votes to the Indian Union Muslim League candidate.
Apart from Manjeswaram, Surendran contested from Konni in Pathanamthitta. The leader who was also the face of BJP during the Sabarimala agitations was relegated to third position in the constituency where the temple is situated.
As the leads in India’s much awaited assembly elections 2021 pour in, it is clear that anti-incumbency has not been as big a factor as expected. According to leads and wins as per the Election Commission of India on Sunday evening, except in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the current rulers in all the states that went to the polls will remain in power. But, regardless of actual outcomes, what is most important is that the people have won again.
The most keenly contested state was, of course, West Bengal. Here, “Didi” Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress is leading in 212 out of 288, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coming a distant second with leads in 78 constituencies. Of course, the BJP was nowhere in the picture in the last assembly elections in 2016, with only 3 seats, so it is a huge step up for them. The CPM and Congress have been utterly routed.