A mixed bag for Parliamentarians in Assembly elections
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Setback for BJP MPs, in particular, as they are trailing in many seats
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Counting of EVMs has started in the counting centers in Udhagamandalam government polytechnic on Sunday 02.05.2021. | Photo Credit: SATHYAMOORTHY M
Setback for BJP MPs, in particular, as they are trailing in many seats
It has been a bad run for nearly a dozen Members of Parliament who tried their luck in the Assembly elections in four States and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Out of seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs who contested this election, only two won.
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It had evoked divergent responses within the Congress leadership
The nature of the payoff of the tactical local-level electoral adjustments between the Congress-led the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Welfare Party of India (WPI) of the Jamaat-e-Islami will be debated in the coming days. Be that as it may, the tie-up that continues to evoke divergent responses within the Congress leadership in the State has apparently turned advantageous to both sides in many parts of the Malabar region.
The electoral outcome of the UDF-WPI adjustment in many parts of the region is keenly watched amid the differences between Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran and Congress MP K. Muraleedharan over the tie-up and the opposition from prominent pro-UDF Sunni faction. It is premature to say that the tie-up solely helped the UDF manage to perform well in the Malabar region, especially Kannur, Kasaragod and Malappuram.