Forward of the upcoming parliamentary election, the struggle for political dominance between the 2 Kerala Congress factions over the Kottayam Lok Sabha seat appears to have already began.
Setting the tone for an acrimonious struggle between the rival teams, the 2 sides locked horns over a political graffiti on Monday. The episode unfolded because the Kerala Congress put up a graffiti on a roadside wall at Adichira close to right here. Despite the fact that a proper announcement on the allocation of the Kottayam seat is but to be made, the KC staff put up their graffiti, merely urging voters to assist the United Democratic Entrance (UDF).
Simply because the graffiti, which appeared lengthy earlier than the conclusion of seat-sharing talks throughout the United Democratic Entrance, caught widespread media consideration, the Kerala Congress (M) entered the scene. Arguing that the wall belonged to a detailed relative of Thomas Chazhikadan, the sitting MP of Kottayam, a workforce of KC(M) staff took over the wall and changed the rival’s graffiti with their very own.
The KC(M), on its half, additionally kept away from writing any names and as an alternative urged voters to assist ‘extend the golden age of Kottayam.’
Irked by the act, the UDF management quickly produced a duplicate of the consent letter issued by the property proprietor for placing up the Congress-led coalition’s graffiti. Nonetheless, a verification of the doc urged that the UDF did, certainly, get it unsuitable.
The KC(M), nevertheless, appeared unrelenting and used the episode to launch a contemporary spherical of assaults on the rival faction. The Kerala Congress at all times depends on such soiled ways throughout elections to divert consideration from their organisational weaknesses and infighting,” mentioned Lopez Mathew, KC(M) district president, in a press release.
The struggle assumes significance as the 2 sides are prone to face off in Kottayam in the course of the upcoming elections. Whereas the KC(M), a constituent of the Left Democratic Entrance, is prone to discipline Mr. Chazhikadan, its sitting MP right here, just a few aspirants have emerged on the rival facet for a ticket in Kottayam.