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The Lok Sabha constituency recorded 74.53 per cent polling as per the polling data received till 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
Both BJP and CPM are yet to formally announce their candidature, though reports on Monday afternoon suggested Abdullakutty and Sanu are the choices.
Kunhalikutty has now changed his political turf to Kerala and the ruling LDF seeks to cash in on the discontent among voters upon whom another by-election has been thrust.
He has represented the Dadra and Nagar Haveli in parliament since 2004.
Stressing said that these laws were passed by the Parliament as reforming the agriculture sector was the need of the hour, Modi asked if they had snatched the benefits which the farmers were getting earlier.
Modi quoted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the need for reforms in the farm sector and said Congress should take pride that Modi had to do what the former PM wanted.
The House reassembled four times but was unable to conduct business as the members of the Congress, DMK, AAP and the SAD trooped into the Well and shouted slogans against the farm laws, ignoring repeated appeals by Speaker Om Birla to maintain order.
The move was came as a result of the party's decision to field him in the upcoming assembly polls. The decision was taken in last December.
The Centre has held 11 rounds of talks with the protesting farmers and even proposed to put the three laws on hold for 18 months besides suggesting that it is ready for amendments in the legislations enacted in September last year.
As soon as the House met at 4 pm, opposition members disrupted the Question Hour to press for repeal of the three "black" laws and raised slogans.