Complete preparations have now been made for the assembly elections in four states and one union territory. While everyone’s eyes are on the West Bengal assembly elections, the assembly elections in the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are also being discussed everywhere. Speculations are also being made about BJP’s chances of winning in these two states. Meanwhile, an opinion poll has estimated that the condition of BJP in Kerala is very bad.
According to the MATRIZE opinion poll shown on India TV, LDF is expected to get 62-68 seats, UDF 67-73 seats, BJP 05-08 seats and others 0-3 seats in Kerala. That is, it is clear that BJP does not seem to be doing any big miracle in Kerala on its own.
This survey has brought very good news for the Congress led UDF. The alliance is likely to get majority. LDF has been running the government in Kerala for the last decade.
Public campaigning for Kerala elections will stop today
As the campaign for the April 9 assembly elections in Kerala ended on Tuesday, Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) launched sharp attacks on each other on Monday. LDF has released a progress report claiming that it has fulfilled 97 percent of its promises for 2021.
According to the data provided by the Election Commission, a total of 2.71 crore voters including 1.32 crore men, 1.39 crore women and 273 third gender voters and more than 2.42 lakh migrant voters are eligible to exercise their franchise.
This election will decide the fate of 890 candidates contesting for 140 seats. During the election campaign, Congress alleged a “compromise” between the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the BJP. He alleged mismanagement of funds raised by Congress for housing the landslide victims in Wayanad. There were heated exchanges between the parties regarding these issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held several rallies and road shows in support of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates in the state. The politics of the state has been dominated by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the CPI(M)-led LDF for a long time.
As the countdown for this important election begins, top national leaders of BJP including Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigned in the state on Monday. The campaign of the ruling LDF was led by senior CPI(M) leader and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Shah held a massive roadshow in support of NDA candidate Sandeep Vachaspati in Haripad in Kerala’s coastal district of Alappuzha. Rahul and Priyanka addressed separate election meetings in Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kannur districts in support of Congress-led alliance candidates and alleged that there was an “agreement” between the BJP and the CPI(M) to defeat the Congress-led UDF. Meanwhile, the CPI(M)-led LDF released its progress report in Kannur, in which Vijayan claimed that about 97 percent of the promises made in 2021 have been fulfilled.
