They call PC Vishnunath the powerhouse of Congress in Kerala. But the vice-president of the state unit seemed powerless when choosing his constituency. He became a kind of political football, tossed around from one constituency to another.
At first, he was designated to run from Kollam, but Congress had to backtrack in the face of stiff opposition from party officials in the district. Congress relented and gave the seat to Bindhu Krishna.
Vishnunath was instead given Vattiyoorkavu, which has elected K. Muralidharan twice. But that decision too evoked protests. Finally, he had to be satisfied with the Kundara seat.
At 43, Vishnunath is one of the younger Congress leaders, having come up through the ranks, and was active in college politics through the Kerala Students Union, the student wing of the Congress. He has had success early on, winning from Chengannur in 2006, and retaining the Assembly seat in 2011.
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The decision to allot 38 fresh faces in the candidate and omitting 8 sitting cabinet ministers from the list is believed to be a calculated bold risk taken by the CPI (M). Representational Image
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There are two doctorate holders, two MBBS degree holders and an architect among the CPM candidates
While 14 of them are post-graduates, 42 are bachelor’s degree holders including 22 law graduates
The BJP and the Congress are yet to announce the candidate list
Thiruvananthapuram: The announcement of candidate lists of the CPI (M) and CPI for the upcoming assembly elections stung a major surprise with eight cabinet ministers and 33 sitting MLAs dropped from the candidate list and thus giving impetus to fresh faces into the electoral fray.
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Indian oil sardine seemingly on revival path along Kerala coast: CMFRI ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 23:26 IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 2 (ANI): Indian oil sardine, which was showing a declining trend for the past few years, appears to be on a revival path along the Kerala coast, read a statement by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi on Saturday.
It said that scattered batches of immature sardines have been reported from the southern coast of the state because of a seemingly favourable condition in the marine ecosystem. For the last five years, there has been a sharp decline of oil sardine along the Kerala coast. El Nino Southern Oscillation causes a rise in sea-surface temperature and triggers changes in the ocean s vertical, thermal structure, particularly in coastal regions, and the warming of sea water has been a major reason for the decline in the sardine population, read the statement.