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S. Rajendran, a three-time Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA who contested arsenic a National Democratic Alliance campaigner successful the Devikulam constituency, has triggered the nonaccomplishment of a accepted Left Democratic Front stronghold successful the district’s plantation hub.
After months of discussion, Mr. Rajendran joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was fielded successful Devikulam. Traditionally, plantation workers represent the bulk of voters successful the region, an country wherever Left parties person historically maintained heavy influence. However, Mr. Rajendran’s determination to the BJP saw him unafraid 15,032 votes — mostly from the plantation assemblage — efficaciously paving the mode for a United Democratic Front victory.
