The Assembly segment of Aruvikkara, in Thiruvananthapuram is going for polls next month. The seat has fallen vacant due to the death of G Karthikeyan, the former speaker of the house. The UDF, the LDF, the BJP and now, a fourth adversary in PC George who was recently expelled from the UDF are in the fray. The BJP is going by the party's performance in the segment during the last parliamentary elections and is hoping for a maiden victory!
And the 'tamasha' has started off in right earnest. The people of the area are amused by the sudden governmental bonanza, for example to name just a couple are:-
(a) the primary health centre that had just one doctor till now has been augmented with additional
ones when the authorities have always been saying that they're short of doctors!
(b) the roads criss-crossing the segment have been given a facelift.
The games politicians play are simply amazing!
The LDF has zeroed in on M Vijayakumar, a former speaker and minister as its candidate and the UDF seems to be hell bent on roping in the late Karthikeyan's kin - his wife or one of the sons and something in me tells that it's gonna be one of the sons. Let's see how my crystal ball gazing is, huh? - to seal the seat in the fond hope that it can cash in on the sympathy vote, its scam ridden reputation notwithstanding!
Over the next few weeks, tall promises will be made, wild and unsubstantiated charges will be hurled at each other making it one of the most entertaining event that will outsmart all of the reality shows on television that are currently on! It can also turn out to be the dirtiest slug fest ever seen in politics till now!!
Tailpiece.
After having said the above, it's my fond hope that all the concerned parties will exercise restraint and maintain a sense of propriety to ensure decorum and decency in electoral politics!
And the 'tamasha' has started off in right earnest. The people of the area are amused by the sudden governmental bonanza, for example to name just a couple are:-
(a) the primary health centre that had just one doctor till now has been augmented with additional
ones when the authorities have always been saying that they're short of doctors!
(b) the roads criss-crossing the segment have been given a facelift.
The games politicians play are simply amazing!
The LDF has zeroed in on M Vijayakumar, a former speaker and minister as its candidate and the UDF seems to be hell bent on roping in the late Karthikeyan's kin - his wife or one of the sons and something in me tells that it's gonna be one of the sons. Let's see how my crystal ball gazing is, huh? - to seal the seat in the fond hope that it can cash in on the sympathy vote, its scam ridden reputation notwithstanding!
Over the next few weeks, tall promises will be made, wild and unsubstantiated charges will be hurled at each other making it one of the most entertaining event that will outsmart all of the reality shows on television that are currently on! It can also turn out to be the dirtiest slug fest ever seen in politics till now!!
Tailpiece.
After having said the above, it's my fond hope that all the concerned parties will exercise restraint and maintain a sense of propriety to ensure decorum and decency in electoral politics!
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