Leader of the Democratic Janata Dal (LJD), who contested as a United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate in Nemom constituency in 2016. Surendran Pillai accused the Congress of voting with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Necklace.
Speaking to Hindu Here on Sunday, he said that some leaders of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) were aware of this vote trading.
Information on Vote Trade
He said that he had received information about the vote trade two days before the vote, until it was too late to make amends.
“The Congress has a tradition of giving seats to its allies and then voting for the opposite party. It also took place in Nemom in 2011, when Charupara Ravi contested. Former KPCC chairman VM Sudheeran was the only leader who dealt with the issue honestly. After I lost, we raised a demand for an inquiry. The investigation report recommended action against five Congress leaders, but it never saw the light of day. Now BJP leader O, who won from Nimom. Rajagopal has also confirmed this understanding, ”says Mr. Pillai, who is now with the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Neom seat in 2016
The UDF won the Nimom seat with 60,884 votes in 2006, its vote share fell to 20,248 in 2011 and 13,860 in 2016, when Mr. Pillai contested.
He rejected claims by some UDF leaders that the constituency was defeated because he was a weak candidate.
“For a candidate to be weak, there must be some serious allegations against the person or there must be some election campaign failures or lack of funds. We did not have any problems in these three cases. I have won twice before in Punalur and Thiruvananthapuram West, and have been a minister. If I was weak, how could I achieve all this? They were all with me during the campaign, but they were with the UDF during the day, ”says Mr. Pillai.
Mr. Pillai said that this time of Congress leader in Nemom. With Muralitharan, the flow of votes for the BJP may be reduced, which will benefit the LDF candidate.
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