Ten years down the line since 2011, when the Left Front lost power in West Bengal, the Communists were relegated to a third front as the st...
Ten years down the line since 2011, when the Left Front lost power in West Bengal, the Communists were relegated to a third front as the state went to a high-voltage Assembly elections this time. In the meanwhile, they have been unseated in another bastion, Tripura, as well. But come Kerala 2021, the Left is hoping not just to retain power, but also to buck a four-decade old trend in the process.
Since 1983, voters in Kerala have alternated their mandate between the Left Democratic Front alliance and the Congress-led United Democratic Front every five years. Riding high on the image of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the ruling alliance of Left parties had the task to wrest the pattern this time. As far as exit poll predictions are concerned, Vijayan looks set to be at the helm of affairs in the southern state for another term.
The rival alliance of Congress did not put up a chief minister face and chose to rely on Rahul Gandhi, who is currently an MP from the state’s Wayanad constituency. He and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigned extensively in Kerala in the bid to make inroads in the south, where the Congress is not in power...
