Thrikkakara by polls 2022: List of Contesting Candidates.

Notification for the by-election to the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency in Ernakulam district has been declared by the Election commission of India recently. The voting is to take place on 2022 May 31st and the counting of votes will be done on June 3. As winning the Thrikkakkara seat is vital for the very existence of UDF, particularly the Congress party, they have announced the contesting candidate unanimously before the other parties.

If LDF candidate manages to make a victory, it will jeopardize the damages being inflicted by the ruling communist party in Kerala. The majority of the people are against the ruling LDF government that is stubbornly introducing antipeople policies and projects with the only aim of looting the state. Even though the LDF government led by pinarayi vijayan got a shining mandate in the 2021 elections, the government has proved that it is an utter failure in all aspects.

It is the need of the hour to give a fitting shock treatment to the arrogant government led by pinarayi vijayan. 

This time the winning chances of UDF candidate is less as the NDA has gained more strength in the recent past with a section of Christians supporting it.

The emergence of Aam Admi Party and the twenty20 party and other groups such as v4 kerala supporting them is a positive signal for the possibility for them to make a difference this time.

But there is also a risk by this that the neutral votes may scatter and this will help the LDF to make a narrow victory as most of the LDF sympathizers will cast their votes for that party only even if they are not happy with it!

Total list of 8 Candidates contesting the Thrikkakara byelection 2022

1. UDF     -  Uma Thomas (Congress party)

2. LDF     -  Dr. Jo Joseph (CPI(M))

3. NDA    -  A. N. Radhakrishanan (BJP)

4. IND     -  Anil Nair

5. IND     -  Jomon Joseph

6. IND     -  C P Dileep Kumar

7. IND     -  Bosco Kalamassery

8. IND     -  Manmadhan

N.B: Even though there were talks in the beginning that the fourth front 'Aam Aadmi - Twenty20 alliance' also would contest, but after gathering opinions of the public, they decided not to contest in this bypoll in order to facilitate the easy victory of the UDF candidate with a huge margin this time!

Please give your opinion on the prepoll survey who/which party will win the Thrikkakara bypoll 2022:

https://popular-opinion.blogspot.com/2022/04/who-will-win-thrikkakkara-assembly.html

Kerala Civic Election 2015 Results. Why and How LDF leads? Shock treatment for UDF?

The final results of the 2015 Elections held to the Kerala Local bodies viz. Gram / Block / District Panchayats , Municipalities and Municipal corporations gave a shock treatment to the over-confident UDF and a satisfactory victory for the LDF which was struggling hard to win the verdict of the people for many years. Though the victory is not very tremendous, the shock treatment it gave to the UDF is beyond repair and a bad signal for the coming Assembly Polls which is due in 2016.

There are many factors that influence the victory or defeat in an election specially in a scholarly state like Kerala. All political parties have their own members, fans and ardent sympathizers. But the ones who decide in an election is those who do not have any permanent affiliation or inclination to a particular political party. 

Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani's resignation due to Bar Bribery Case

Can it be termed as 'the fall of the arch-angel'? K. M. Mani is Kerala's senior most politician who holds the rarest distinction of being the longest serving minister in the Kerala Government. He also holds the record of  winning continuously from Palai (now Pala) legislative constituency ever since its inception in 1965.

The majority people of Pala, a rich, developed and thickly populated town in Kottayam district of Kerala had accepted K.M. Mani (fondly and respectfully called as Mani sir) as a foster son of Pala and their permanent representative to the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Irrespective of caste, creed and religion K.M Mani was the favorite choice of the constituency for the past 50 years uninterrupted.

Now for the past 86 days, some allegations are leveled against him by one of Kerala's bar hotel owners Biju Ramesh demanding (accepting) huge bribe for re-opening the closed bars as a result of the government's changed policy.

As the accusations and allegations are growing stronger day by day, many people including his own party members and favorites feel that Mani should render his resignation to his ministerial-ship and face the investigation bravely to avoid further hartals and strikes by the opposition parties and more damages and insults to his long attained reputation.

If he dares to step down temporarily from his minister post owing to these strong allegations, and appoints another senior leader like C.F. Thomas (never his own son who is already an M.P.) will reduce damaging his good image further and he could make a grant come back if he is proved innocent after the probe, according to people's public opinion. 

On the other hand if he is proved guilty, this should be a great lesson for all the politicians and officials who forget the Holy Bible (Proverbs 15: 27,28) versus, 'greed gives grief'.

Kerala Government Chief Whip P. C. George should be removed

The people of Kerala have been watching the developments of the Government and its ministers ever since
the Congress led UDF Government came to power. While fort folios were shared among the top contenders in the coalition parties , Kerala Congress Party's P C George was given the Government's chief whip post thinking that his abilities and commitments would strengthen the weak government further and will be an asset to the Kerala Congress Party as well.

But as time passed by, people of Kerala started to see a different person in P C George and were surprised to see him attacking the Governemnt (for which he is the chief whip) and the members of Congress Party and his own Kerala Congress Party headed by K M Mani and P J Joseph.

to be continued..........