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Thursday, Jul 3, 2025
LDF’s Nilambur candidate and CPM’s sought-after orator M Swaraj responds to criticism over his absence after the 2019 landslide, defends his selective silence on sensitive issues, reflects on Anwar’s defection after nine years, and explains why he holds the UDF-led panchayat responsible for a
The cacophony of campaign in Nilambur fell silent on Tuesday with the Kalashakottu. For 2.3 lakh voters, 10 candidates wait on the ballot. But at its heart, it’s a head-on clash between Congress’s Aryadan Shoukath and CPM’s M Swaraj with wildcard P V Anvar, the two-time MLA whose resignation necessitated this byelection, making it anything but predictable.
This episode of Election Tracker looks at how Congress managed to get an edge in the initial phase of the Nilambur bypoll campaign.
For Babu, whose image got tainted following the bribery charges, this is a prestige battle to wrest the Tripunithura seat from Swaraj.
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