Congress workers take out victory laps across Kerala to celebrate Puthupally by-election win
The Hindu
Congress workers celebrate Chandy Oommen's by-election win in Puthupally. KPCC president Sudhakaran says UDF's victories in Thrikkakara and Puthupally bypolls, and local body polls, paint ominous picture for CPI(M)
Congress workers took out victory laps across Kerala to celebrate Chandy Oommen’s emphatic by-election win on Friday on the party’s home turf in Puthupally Assembly constituency.
The almost 40,000 votes lead over his Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] rival Jaick. C. Thomas also imbued the Congress with confidence after being turfed out of power in two consecutive Assembly elections in 2016 and 2021.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran said the Congress has carved a clear path to victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and beyond. He said Congress had forcefully won Thrikkakara in 2021 and now Puthupally.
Mr. Sudhakaran said the by-election victories in the two Assembly constituencies and the United Democratic Front (UDF) good showing in the local body by-polls earlier in the year painted a truly ominous picture for the CPI(M).
He said Mr. Oommen’s decisive win with a historically high margin of votes had dispelled the CPI(M) ‘s impish insinuation that Congress benefitted from BJP votes.
Mr. Sudhakaran said voters had delivered a clear and resounding verdict against the “corruption-ridden” Pinarayi Vijayan government. The political message would echo in future elections, he said.
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala claimed that CPI(M) workers voted for the United Democratic Front (UDF) overwhelmingly. He said they wreaked revenge on the Pinarayi Vijayan government, which had “failed the people on all fronts”.
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