Where Tamil voters will swing the fortune
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AIADMK has fielded candidates in 109 seats in 4 districts and is assured of placing up a superb combat
The plantation areas and Anchunadu Valley in Idukki are witnessing a high-pitched marketing campaign wooing the majority Tamil voters, whose help is decisive in the native physique elections, particularly in the grama panchayat.
The All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (AIADMK) has fielded extra candidates in the elections this time. However, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) isn’t lively in the elections.
“As many as 109 AIADMK candidates are contesting in Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, and Pathanamthitta districts. There are 60 candidates in Idukki, 40 in Palakkad, eight in Thiruvananthapuram, and one in Pathanamthitta contesting in the party ticket or with our support. We are contesting for the first time in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation,” says AIADMK State secretary Shobhakumar G.
In Idukki, almost 70% of the inhabitants in Anchunadu and over 90% in the plantation areas are of Tamil origin. In Devikulam, Peerumade, and Udumbanchola taluks, having a sizeable Tamil inhabitants, the entry of the AIADMK has raised a problem to each the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Mr. Shobhakumar says the get together will help Bharatiya Janata Party candidates wherever it had no candidates in the fray.
The AIADMK is contesting in 52 seats to grama panchayats, seven to dam panchayats, and one to the district panchayat in Idukki.
District joint secretary Dhanalakshmi says the get together is contesting in the Vattavada, Chinnakkanal, Marayur, Kanthalloor, Devikulam, Munnar, and Pallivasal grama panchayats in Devikulam and Udumbanchola taluks and the Vandiperiyar, Upputhara, Peerumade and Elappara grama panchyats in Peerumade taluk.
The most variety of candidates is in Munnar, 15, Marayur, 7, Devikulam, 11, Peerumade, 6, Chinnakanal, 5, and Kanthallur, 4, grama panchayats. Mr. Shobhakumar says the get together has fielded candidates in all essential wards in Palakkad too.
Party sources say leaders of the get together are tenting at plantation cities to regulate the election marketing campaign.
Taste of victory
In the final elections, the get together fielded 4 candidates in Devikulam, Peerumade, and Udumbanchola taluks and three have been elected. In the Peerumade grama panchayat, the elected member turned president after each the UDF and the LDF received equal variety of seats.
In the Vandiperiyar grama panchayat, the get together has a candidate in the fray. Stephen, a resident of Moonkalar Estate, says campaigning has gained momentum in the property areas.
The Pengal Otrumai, a collective of girls tea property staff, isn’t in the fray this time. It had fielded candidates and received seats in the Munnar grama panchayat, along with the Devikulam block panchayat in the final elections.
The response of Tamil voters in the native physique elections is keenly watched in the three taluks in Idukki.
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