Kerala bypolls: Arguments about civility in electoral politics dominate Palakkad byelection narrative
The Hindu
Bypoll campaign in Palakkad Assembly constituency turns ugly as former friends-turned-political foes engage in public spat.
Politicians usually leave their rancorous partisanship at the door when making campaign stops at social events.
However, such practised diplomacy appeared pointedly absent at the byelection hustings, notably in the Palakkad Assembly constituency in Kerala.
The electoral battle appeared to assume the unsightliness of a fratricidal brawl that played out in public when expelled Congress leader-turned-Left Democratic Front (LDF) Independent candidate P. Sarin ran into his former compatriot and electoral rival in the Palakkad Assembly constituency, Rahul Mamkootathil of the United Democratic Front (UDF), at a wedding on Sunday (November 3, 2024).
Mr. Mamkootathil and Shafi Parambil, MP, who represented Palakkad in the Kerala Assembly for almost three terms, ignored, in an almost unambiguous manner, Mr. Sarin’s unmistakable attempt to have a light-hearted aside with his former friends-turned-political foes in front of television cameras.
The awkward moment, caught on camera, went viral on social and conventional media, pushing arguments about civility in electoral politics to the bypoll campaign narrative’s fore.
It was also the latest addition to the line-up of raging controversies animating the byelection campaign in Palakkad and Chelakkara Assembly constituencies and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat.
The episode appeared to embody the bitter undertones of the bypoll battle, particularly in Palakkad.
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