Pathanamthitta: The proposed green field private airport at Aranmula, issues connected with the famous Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple and pollution caused by quarry operations have turned the April 10 Lok Sabha election scene in Pathanamthitta an interesting one to watch for.
Battle in the constituency is expected to be more fierceand prestigious for ruling UDF, as sitting Congress MP Antony, who won the 2009 polls with a margin of more than one lakh votes defeating CPI(M)’s K Ananthagopan, is crossing sword with a former Congress leader Peelipose Thomas, the CPI-M supported independent candidate of LDF.
Thomas, who was the DCC President for nearly two decades, resigned after Congress renominated Anto Antony for a second term ignoring his claim for the seat.
Seeking to take political mileage out of the ‘defection’ of Thomas and his political clout in the constituency, CPI(M) came forward to field Thomas as the LDF candidate in the constituency situated in the Central Travancore region.
20/03/14 Free Press Journal
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Battle in the constituency is expected to be more fierceand prestigious for ruling UDF, as sitting Congress MP Antony, who won the 2009 polls with a margin of more than one lakh votes defeating CPI(M)’s K Ananthagopan, is crossing sword with a former Congress leader Peelipose Thomas, the CPI-M supported independent candidate of LDF.
Thomas, who was the DCC President for nearly two decades, resigned after Congress renominated Anto Antony for a second term ignoring his claim for the seat.
Seeking to take political mileage out of the ‘defection’ of Thomas and his political clout in the constituency, CPI(M) came forward to field Thomas as the LDF candidate in the constituency situated in the Central Travancore region.
20/03/14 Free Press Journal
