Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy rubbishes stories of contesting from BJP-held Nemom 

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Dismissing rumours of contesting from the Nemom constituency in Thiruvananthapuram district within the upcoming Assembly elections, Congress Working Committee chief Oommen Chandy has made it clear that his affiliation with Puthupally is a continuing consider his life. 

In a press release, the 77-year-old former Chief Minister stated that his life is carefully linked with the Puthupally constituency which he has been representing for 5 a long time. It is learnt that KPCC president Mullapally Ramachandran got here up with the proposal to wrest the seat from the BJP.

Over the final a number of days, rumours have been rife {that a} part of the Congress is eager to discipline a ‘bigwig’ from Nemom which is the only real seat of the BJP after O Rajagopal opened the saffron social gathering’s innings within the final Legislative Assembly elections in 2016. After tv channels got here up with ‘breaking information’ that Chandy was more likely to contest from one of many seats in Thiruvananthapuram district, he got here out with an official assertion rubbishing it.

“It is the KPCC leadership and Congress high command which will take a call on the candidature.  Puthupally has been a constant factor in my life and there will be no change in it,” stated Chandy. He additionally urged folks to cease circulating faux information associated to his candidature. 

The plan being envisaged by a piece of the Congress is that when the previous CM is fielded from Nemom, his son Chandy Oommen could make his debut from Puthupally. Earlier, there have been stories that Chandy Oommen who’s a practising lawyer in Supreme Court will likely be fielded from Vattiyoorkavu to tackle sitting CPM MLA V Okay Prasanth. 

Currently, the primary spherical of bilateral talks has been accomplished by the Congress with its UDF allies. Once the seat sharing mechanism with the allies has been accomplished, the finalising of Congress candidates will likely be taken up. Mullapally reiterated his stand citing that Oommen Chandy’s acceptance as a frontrunner of reputation would assist the social gathering to money in on the scenario. Party leaders behind the proposal hope that the previous CM’s reputation will be leveraged in Thiruvananthapuram and neighbouring districts like Kollam the place the UDF didn’t get a single seat within the final Assembly elections.