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Jose K Mani has a formidable task – to retake his home turf in association with his former opponents. The LDF can command an enviable position if it wrests the Kottayam district from the UDF.
Though the SC has stayed the High Court order, it is unlikely to benefit some candidates who already entered the fray after taking voluntary retirement.
The district's about one lakh new voters will be casting their first vote on April 6. They have the distinction of not seeing a single Congress MLA from their district ever since their birth.
As expected the leading parties like the CPM, Congress and BJP faced delays, protests and deadlocks as they negotiated with their allies.
The Left Democratic Front announced the candidates for all the 140 constituencies a few days ahead of the United Democratic Front and the National Democratic Alliance.
The BJP finds itself on the back foot though state president K Surendran said that Balashankar was reacting emotionally over not getting the party ticket to contest.
Lathika's candidature could affect not just the United Democratic Front as is widely expected, but even the Left Democratic Front and the National Democratic Alliance in the April 6 assembly election.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan was fielded by the party in the 2016 assembly polls and was defeated by around 7,000 votes.
Though the BJP central committee has recommended that Sobha Surendra be given a seat for the April 6 polls, when the list was announced on Sunday, Sobha's name was conspicuously absent.
Vaikom is one of the few constituencies which stayed clear of tug-of-war in the Congress related to candidates’ selection.