LDF candidate P.V. Sreenijin leading a rally in Kunnathunadu on Monday.
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Kolencherry town, share of the Kunnathunadu Assembly constituency in Ernakulam district, was as soon as nearly taken over by a horde of bikes on Monday (April 6, 2026) afternoon because the thrum of engines, audible from afar, constructed into a layered bawl on drawing come nearer.
With simplest hours left earlier than the shut of public campaigning on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) evening, Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate P.V. Sreenijin led a rally, braving the searing heat atop an open vehicle, with supporters astride bikes in tow, waving occasion flags. The rally, which lasted over four hours and lined all eight panchayats within the constituency, culminated at Pattimattom later within the evening.
In a constituency witnessing a keenly fought three-cornered contest among the LDF, United Democratic Front (UDF), and Twenty20, the sitting MLA was as soon as clearly in no temper to rob possibilities. He joined the rally after spending the morning visiting households, including settlements in Mazhuvannoor. While assured of retaining the seat, Mr. Sreenijin shunned hazarding a wager on the victory margin.
“Though the UDF accuses the LDF of striking a ‘deal’ with the Bharatiya Janata Celebration [BJP], right here within the Puthencruz-Vadavucode panchayat it is the UDF that has grabbed energy with the purple meat up of Twenty20, a constituent of the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA). That has antagonised the UDF’s minority purple meat up unlucky and would possibly possibly possibly possibly possibly in a roundabout draw profit us,” he acknowledged.
UDF’s V.P. Sajeendran assembly voters.
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On the different hand, UDF candidate V.P. Sajeendran, who started his campaign for the day from Pazhamthottam in Aikkaranadu panchayat, brushed off the claim as wishful pondering. He expressed self belief of staging a comeback after being defeated by Mr. Sreenijin within the last election, following two successive terms since 2011. To underscore the UDF’s cohesion with minorities, he launched his campaign come a mosque in Pazhamthottam, the attach occasion crew clad in white khadi and tricolour caps grew to alter into up in tidy numbers.
“Of route, the alliance between Twenty20 and the BJP will simplest consolidate minority purple meat up within the support of the UDF. I’m fully assured of victory; one simplest wishes to communicate to the voters to price the premise of my self belief,” acknowledged Mr. Sajeendran, who has remained filled with life within the constituency over the last 5 years regardless of his defeat.
NDA’s Babu Divakaran at some level of his campaign.
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Twenty20 candidate Babu Divakaran, who launched his vehicle campaign in Kizhakkambalam panchayat, acknowledged he was as soon as buoyed by the announcement of a ₹5,000-crore equipment for the constituency at an election convention attended by Union House Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (April 5, 2026). The occasion has left no stone unturned in publicising the equipment as crucial declared for any constituency on this election.
A tiny share of Twenty20 supporters would possibly possibly possibly possibly possibly possess at the delivery been circumspect referring to the alliance with the BJP, having fallen prey to communal propaganda by rival fronts. But because the campaign nears its shut, even they are jubilant that the alliance rests on the bedrock of pattern. All BJP-affiliated outfits, exact from Balagokulam onwards, had been striking in solid work. We’re assured of securing more than 50% of the votes polled on this election,” Mr. Divakaran acknowledged. He added that his past association with the Congress, he was as soon as formerly chairman of Adoor municipality, would possibly possibly possibly possibly possibly serve him garner some Congress votes.
Printed – April 06, 2026 08:17 pm IST
