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CPM takes bigger piece of seat-sharing pie
The party has annexed eight of the 11 "disputed" seats, taking it's total up to 84.
KOCHI: The 'Big Brother' of Kerala's Left Democratic Front (LDF) alliance, CPM, has cut for itself a larger piece of the seat-sharing pie, much to the annoyance of the smaller partners. The party has annexed eight of the 11 "disputed" seats, taking it's total up to 84.
In the last Assembly elections, the CPM had contested 77 seats including Leftist-backed independents and won only 23.
Calling the seat division "highly unfair", Kerala Congress (J) leader P J Joseph questioned the CPM's motive behind this move. The CPM leadership has told the smaller parties NCP, JD, RSP and KC(J) that it has brighter chances to win the polls.
"On what basis?" is what RSP veteran K Pankajakshan wants to know. "Last time the CPM could not win a single seat in Kollam district but RSP had won two," he argued. But the voices of the minor parties have been drowned in the booming commands of the CPM, say political observers.
During the seat-sharing struggle, the only party that has escaped unhurt was CPI. It had fought 24 seats in the last elections and has been allotted the same number.
However, the CPI too had demanded five more seats but was only faced with a rebuff. Of its 24, the CPI had won seven seats in 2001.
In the last Assembly elections, the CPM had contested 77 seats including Leftist-backed independents and won only 23.
Calling the seat division "highly unfair", Kerala Congress (J) leader P J Joseph questioned the CPM's motive behind this move. The CPM leadership has told the smaller parties NCP, JD, RSP and KC(J) that it has brighter chances to win the polls.
"On what basis?" is what RSP veteran K Pankajakshan wants to know. "Last time the CPM could not win a single seat in Kollam district but RSP had won two," he argued. But the voices of the minor parties have been drowned in the booming commands of the CPM, say political observers.
During the seat-sharing struggle, the only party that has escaped unhurt was CPI. It had fought 24 seats in the last elections and has been allotted the same number.
However, the CPI too had demanded five more seats but was only faced with a rebuff. Of its 24, the CPI had won seven seats in 2001.
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