**EDS: IMAGE POSTED BY @nsitharamanoffc** Kottarakkara: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman throughout an election marketing campaign rally in help of BJP candidate Vayakkal Soman, forward of Kerala Assembly Polls, in Kottarakkara, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Despite a ban imposed by the Election Commission on the customary crowded end result of the open ballot campaigning in view of the COVID-19 scenario, mass participation of get together employees may very well be seen within the closing occasions in most of the 140 constituencies.
- PTI Thiruvananthapuram
- Last Updated:April 04, 2021, 20:42 IST
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Massive highway exhibits and lengthy rallies, led by high nationwide and state leaders on Sunday marked the finale of the weeks-long high-octane open campaigning for the April 6 Assembly polls in Kerala. Despite a ban imposed by the Election Commission on the customary crowded end result of the open ballot campaigning in view of the COVID-19 scenario, mass participation of get together employees may very well be seen within the closing occasions in most of the 140 constituencies.
Known as “Kottikalasham” in native parlance, the finale of the open ballot campaigning was once a jamboree within the southern state during which each political get together would attempt to exhibit their power by bringing a most quantity of supporters so as to add color to the present. Party employees additionally held small hearth fireworks show and burst crackers in some locations.
The ban appears to have did not douse the spirit of the political events as many thoroughfares teemed with get together employees, who have been seen waving their respective get together flags, elevating slogans and dancing to the tune of music performed in lots of locations. While Congress chief Rahul Gandhi took out a roadshow in northern Kozhikode district and in Nemom in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan led a large one at Dharmadam in Kannur, his residence constituency.
Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala additionally took half in a highway present at Nedumkandam in Idukki district. At Dharmadam, on this marxist bastion in Kannur, the place Vijayan travelled in an open crimson jeep, waving to his supporters lined up on both facet of the highway.
Mass participation of folks carrying crimson flags, umbrellas and balloons displaying get together symbols of hammer, sickle and star, nearly turned the place right into a sea of crimson. Women, kids and aged who stepped out to get a glimpse of the ultimate spectacle have been additionally not much less in lots of locations.
the open campaigning got here to a proper shut in Kerala. The state would witness a silent marketing campaign on Monday earlier than going to polls on April 6.
