ALAPPUZHA: With the date for the by poll is nearing close, the political parties have started efforts to bring their prominent leaders to the constituency to attract maximum voters.
BJP district president K Soman said that union minister
Alphons Kannanthanam and
Suresh Gopi MP will arrive in Chengannur soon for the campaigning of NDA candidate P S
Sreedharan Pillai
. "BJP chief Amit Shah, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and I&B minister Smriti Irani may reach after the completion of Karnataka polls,’’ he said.
UDF election committee general convener Aby Kuriakose said that senior
Congress leader A K Antony will be in Chengannur on May 23 and 24 seeking votes for UDF candidate D Vijayakumar. "We are also hoping AICC general secretary Mukul Vasnik in Chengannur, in coming days’’ he said.
Former chief minister Oommen Chandy, opposition leader
Ramesh Chennithala
and former KPCC president V M Sudheeran already reached Chengannur and attended various campaigning programmes for Vijayakumar.
CPM acting district secretary R Nazar, who is spearheading the electioneering of LDF in Chengannur said that CPM leader Brinda Karat, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former chief minister and Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission chairperson V S Achuthanandan will reach in Chengannur for the electioneering of LDF candidate Saji Cherian in coming days.
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