Wednesday, December 28, 2011: United Democratic Front (UDF) convener PP Thankachan today opined that the party was ready to face the Assembly by-poll in Piravom Assembly segment, caused by the death of Kerala Congress leader T.M. Jacob.Expressing optimism he stated that Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan’s statement that the government was deliberately delaying the polls was totally baseless. Achuthanandan had on Tuesday forwarded a letter to Election Commission requesting not to delay the by-poll.
Jacob’s death has further narrowed down the UDF majority in the 140-member Assembly. According to political observers, if the UDF fails to retain Piravom, it could only shake the government.
Kerala Congress (J) has already announced Jacob’s son Anoop Jacob as the party’s nominee for the bye-election, date for which is yet to announced by the Election Commission.
The Congress, as lead partner, is unlikely to oppose the proposal expecting that the sympathy factor will help Anoop sail through smoothly, where his father had won by just 157 votes over his LDF rival in the April 13 Assembly elections.
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