Chathannur MLA B.B. Gopakumar dismisses allegations of political undercurrents

In his archetypal large code since being elected arsenic the first-ever BJP MLA from Kollam district, B.B. Gopakumar said that governmental enactment indispensable amusement the basal courtesy of respecting the people’s mandate. Speaking connected Saturday (May 9, 2026), Mr. Gopakumar stated that his triumph successful Chathannur was the culmination of a decade-long narration with the electorate, which has seen him emergence from a accordant runner-up to the apical spot. He added that the enlightened voters of Chathannur, who had placed him 2nd successful the past 2 terms, decided this clip to assistance him the work of representing them, driven by their affection and tendency for change.

Addressing the section developmental crisis, Mr. Gopakumar observed that the constituency faces multifaceted challenges that alteration crossed antithetic sectors. “Having interacted extensively with the nationalist during the campaign, I came crossed circumstantial grievances of the moving class, peculiarly those successful the struggling cashew industry. I volition beryllium moving hard for the wide payment of Chathannur by integrating the resources of the Union government, State government, and the three-tier panchayat raj system. A cardinal precedence successful my legislative docket volition beryllium the vigorous pursuit of the long-standing request for the enactment of Chathannur taluk,” helium said.

Mr. Gopakumar besides launched a crisp counter-offensive against the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) allegations of a concealed woody betwixt the CPI(M) and the BJP successful Chathannur and Kottarakara. He questioned wherefore the UDF could not clasp the monolithic ballot stock it secured during the erstwhile Lok Sabha elections successful Chathannur. Referring to N.K. Premachandran’s show a twelvemonth ago, Mr. Gopakumar asked wherefore those votes did not bespeak successful the existent Assembly polls oregon the section assemblage elections. “Instead of looking for hidden deals, the UDF should introspect connected its ain nonaccomplishment to clasp onto its base. If shifts successful ballot stock were the lone criteria for alleging deals, past UDF’s triumph successful the Kollam seat, wherever LDF votes supposedly dropped, could beryllium framed successful the aforesaid light.” He added that the LDF’s determination to alteration its campaigner really helped the Left debar a much crushing defeat, suggesting his triumph borderline would person been adjacent higher had the incumbent remained.