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Seats where the BJP is likely to offer a stiff resistance to the candidates of the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front will engage attention even outside the state.
The minor parties in the front are reportedly facing pressure to give up a few seats in the district.
The high court has not cancelled the bail granted to Allan Shuhaib, who was also arrested in November 2019 for allegedly supporting Maoist groups.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will now be able to face the Assembly elections which are going to take place within months, with renewed confidence and strength.
The average polling recorded in the first two phases is 74.84 per cent and it remains to be seen whether the third phase will see a higher voter turnout. Over 77 per cent polling was recorded in all four districts in 2015.
Political observers say Shuhaib’s entry would split anti-LDF votes and might mar the chances of UDF candidate SK Aboobaker.
The fronts believe that the outcome of these polls is going to be decisive. A victory would mean that the Assembly seats in the respective corporation areas will also come to their kitty in 2021.
Shuhaib, a former branch secretary of the CPM, has severed ties with the ruling party in the state following the arrest of his son.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader P K Kunhanandan, a convict in the murder of political rival T P Chandrasekharan, died at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital on Thursday night.
Sivan is a member of the WhatsApp group of the regular passengers in RMP 701 bus. The group has over 60 members. He used to regularly update the timings of Kayamkulam and Mavelikkara buses in the morning and evening.