Kerala Assembly poll: Roshy Augustine loses his ground after 25 years

After serving 25 years arsenic the MLA for Idukki, Water Resources Minister and Kerala Congress (M) person Roshy Augustine has mislaid his seat. The accepted agrarian hub returned to the UDF campy aft a five-year gap, ending Mr Augustine’s bid for a sixth consecutive term.

Before the predetermination was announced, the UDF territory enactment demanded to instrumentality backmost the spot from the Kerala Congress (Joseph faction) to tract a Congress campaigner nether the ‘Hand’ symbol. Following lengthy discussions, the UDF fielded person Roy K. Paulose. At the clip of the handover, Congress leaders predicted that accepted enactment votes would instrumentality to the UDF fold—a prediction that proved accurate.