Congress's Rasheed made CPM state chief sweat in Taliparamba, can he do it with Pinarayi?

In Dharmadam, a high-stakes battle is unfolding as Congress’s V P Abdul Rasheed takes on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his own stronghold. Rasheed builds his campaign around a central idea: a referendum on Pinarayi as an MLA. He questions development on the ground, flags alleged inaccessibility, and attacks what he calls arrogance, contrasting celebrity-driven campaigning with his claim that “voters are the real stars.”

His politics is shaped by a difficult childhood, years in student activism, and nights spent in Congress offices during college. In 2021, he sprung a surprise against M V Govindan in Taliparamba. Can he repeat that in Dharmadam?