It is no more a battle of faith in Pathanamthitta
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The district has stood with both UDF and LDF in previous elections
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The district has stood with both UDF and LDF in previous elections
It is not the Sabarimala women’s entry issue or the recent local body elections that is to blame for the uncertainty gripping Pathanamthitta this election. Instead, it is the realisation that the upcoming election may do nothing to settle the twists and turns that the region’s political landscape has witnessed since 2016.
During the previous Assembly elections, the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) have taken turns to win majority in the district. Accordingly, the LDF had won all but one of the five seats here during the 2016 Assembly elections. The coalition then made a clean sweep by winning the by-election in Konni. Discerning an overarching election trend solely based on these election outcomes, however, can be quiet misl
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Bishops Geevarghese Mar Yulios, the metropolitan in charge of Ahmedabad diocese, said after the meeting that the discussions were not about electoral politics but on the feud between the Orthodox and the Jacobite factions of the Malankkara church.
Mar Yulios was accompanied by Yakoob Mar Irenaios of the Kochi diocese. The duo had called on Muslim League leaders at Panakkad in January.
“The meeting was related to the nation, not politics. A verdict of the apex court of the nation has not yet been executed in Kerala. Not only that, there is a doubt now whether the state government would act against the verdict. Moreover, some people are conducting rallies and meetings to abuse the Orthodox Church. So, we are on a mission to communicate with other organisations about the truth behind the issue. The meetings with RSS as well as the League were held in this context,” said Mar Yulios.