Kerala CPI-M releases first list of candidates for Assembly election
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI-M on Wednesday released its first list of 83 candidates for the April 6 Assembly polls. The list includes Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who will contest from Dharmadam in Kannur district. His son-in-law Mohammed Riyaz has also been given a party ticket. Many others who are known as close aides of Vijayan - P.Rajeev, K.N. Balagopal, V.N. Vasavan and M.B. Rajesh - have also been given tickets to contest. All four had lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Among others who got tickets are ministers K.K Shailaja from Mattannur and K.T. Jaleel from Thavanoor. With the first...