
Alappuzha comes out with its list of candidates
The Hindu
With the announcement of candidates by Congress and the BJP, battle lines have been drawn in almost all Assembly constituencies in the district.
Congress’s two sitting MLAs—Ramesh Chennithala and Shanimol Usman—will contest from Haripad and Aroor. Mr. Chennithala is up against LDF’s R. Sajilal (CPI). Former BJP district president K. Soman is the NDA candidate in Haripad. In Aroor, Ms. Usman is pitted against Daleema Jojo of the CPI(M) and T. Aniyappan of the BDJS, an NDA constituent. K.S. Manoj is the Congress candidate from Alappuzha. The CPI(M) has fielded P.P. Chitharanjan, and the BJP’s candidate is Sandeep Vachaspati.
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