The BJP has by no means received a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala (File)
In a tricky battle with sitting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for the prized Thiruvananthapuram seat, BJP candidate and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday mentioned the constituency has been disadvantaged of growth for the final 15-20 years.
Chatting with ANI on Sunday, the Union Minister mentioned, “Thiruvananthapuram has been denied growth and jobs for the final 15-20 years. Not one of the two MPs (who represented the seat all these years) did something for the folks. The folks listed here are yearning for growth, change and jobs. The youth need alternatives.”
Rajeev Chandrasekhar faces a stiff problem from former diplomat and senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, who’s in search of a 3rd time period from the constituency.
The CPM-led Left Democratic Entrance (LDF) has fielded CPI chief Pannyan Raveendran from the constituency, who received the seat in 2005.
Whereas the BJP has by no means received a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, the occasion registered a victory within the Thiruvananthapuram district simply as soon as, with O Rajagopal successful the Nemam meeting seat in 2016.
Within the 2019 polls, the BJP’s Kummanam Rajasekharan received 31.3 per cent votes in Thiruvananthapuram, the most important vote share achieved by the occasion in all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies it contested within the state.
Nonetheless, with Rajeev Chandrasekhar leaping into the fray this 12 months, the battle for Thiruvananthapuram has was a three-cornered one and might be one of many most-watched contests within the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
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