THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the counting of votes within the Lok Sabha elections slated in lower than per week from now, leaders of all three political fronts in Kerala can be spending anxious moments as they await the outcomes, which can weigh closely on their futures. In the 2019 polls, the Congress-led United Democratic Front was means forward of its rivals, profitable 19 out of the state’s 20 seats, whereas Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front managed only one and the BJP’s greatest efficiency was ending second in Thiruvananthapuram and a distant third within the remaining seats.
For the Congress, any fall in its numbers might see sparks flying as issues aren’t that rosy in its state unit the place the 2 key leaders – state occasion President Okay. Sudhakaran and Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan – have, again and again, had sparred on a number of points, as each of them are from totally different factions within the occasion. The stress could be extra on Sudhakaran, as he confronted a stiff battle to retain his Kannur Lok Sabha seat.
However, UDF convenor M.M. Hassan, who was the appearing state occasion chief throughout the elections, after a gathering of prime leaders, once more asserted that the alliance is profitable all 20 seats. On the opposite hand, Vijayan, who regardless of his well being, travelled all throughout Kerala to marketing campaign for the LDF, would be the actual winner if he can enhance upon the one seat that they received in 2019 however can be in serious trouble if the UDF’s optimism seems to be well-placed.
Likewise, for the state BJP President Okay. Surendran, the outcomes can be a check of credibility for by no means has a BJP Prime Minister campaigned in Kerala for the Lok Sabha polls, like PM Narendra Modi. Even although PM Modi, in his preliminary visits, stated the BJP’s share of seats within the state could be in double digits, he didn’t repeat this when he visited later on the top of campaigning. The BJP is hopeful of Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, however each Congress and CPI-M have repeatedly dismissed its possibilities, saying that it’ll end solely in third place in any respect the 20 seats. Surendran additionally has a private stake as he’s pitted towards Congress chief Rahul Gandhi within the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, which the latter received by a staggering margin of over 4.37 lakh votes in 2019.
Political analyst Gopakumar stated as issues stand, it’s the Congress-led UDF, which ought to be doing effectively as there was a powerful anti-incumbency sentiment towards the Vijayan authorities within the state and some points towards the BJP-led Centre. Vijayan has ducked the media after casting his vote on April 26, when all of the state’s seats went to the polls and after his three-nation non-public household journey raked up an argument, he’s, in all probability, unlikely to floor till the outcomes come out. If the LDF can enhance its share, Vijayan, who led it to an unprecedented second consecutive time period in energy within the 2021 Assembly elections, will definitely have the final snicker. Even for Surendran, if the lotus blooms in Kerala for the primary time, he too can be flying excessive. However, if Hassan’s phrases come true, then Sudhakaran and Satheesan could be discovered smiling. It stays to be seen which of those eventualities will come to fruition on June 4.
