Development of infrastructure key poll issue in Balussery

Constituency a fortress of the LDF for last 35 years

The three major candidates contesting from Balussery Assembly constituency share the same opinion regarding the need to develop Balussery into a tourism destination. With well-known tourist spots such as Vayalada and Kakkayam in the constituency, the development of infrastructure is key and the new MLA has a lot to do on those lines. In the fray in this traditional socialist stronghold are two of the youngest candidates in the State — Sachin Dev, State secretary of the Students’ Federation of India, and Libin Bhaskar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, the entry of actor Dharmajan Bolgatty as the Congress candidate has put the rural constituency in the limelight. Balussery has been a fortress of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) for the last 35 years and Mr. Dev is confident that the good name earned by his predecessors will come to his aid. “This constituency lacks nothing. All I have to do is continue the efforts made by my predecessor Purushan Kadalundy,” he said. Mr. Dev said the personal image of a candidate did not have any influence in the constituency and that his age did not matter as well. “Policies and ideologies are what matter here,” he said, adding that the voters did not raise any complaints during his campaign.