Line-up, campaign themes hog the limelight
The Hindu
Some of the most intense battles are fought in the southernmost part of the district
Given the line-up in many segments and the way the campaign is shaping up, some of the most intense electoral battles in the Assembly elections are fought in the southernmost part of the district. Nemom and Kazhakuttam remain in the spotlight as the three major fronts are locked in intense contests there. Retaining Nemom, which O. Rajagopal wrested for the party in 2016, is perhaps as important for the BJP as increasing the number of MLAs. The task of retaining the constituency for the party is now on Kummanam Rajasekharan. While the Left Democratic Front is banking on former MLA V. Sivankutty, the United Democratic Front's eleventh-hour decision to field Congress MP K. Muraleedharan has raised the Nemom fight to a high pedestal. The contest for Kazhakuttam, where the LDF triumphed in 2016, is seen as a test of the sharpness of the Sabarimala controversy as a poll weapon when LDF's Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran and BJP State vice president Sobha Surendran face off. The UDF's choice, public health expert S.S. Lal, adds an interesting element to the fight there.
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In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 a.m. on July 24, Dakshina Kannada district recorded an average of 55 mm rainfall. Moodbidri taluk recorded the maximum of 70.4 mm, followed by 63.8 mm in Ullal, 63.4 mm in Mangaluru, 62.8 mm in Mulki, 62.5 mm in Bantwal, 57.5 mm in Kadaba, 54.7 mm in Belthangady, 42.9 mm in Puttur and 41.5 mm in Sullia taluk.