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Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan connected Thursday (March 19, 2026) said that the United Democratic Front (UDF) would denote its candidates for each 140 Assembly constituencies successful the State aboriginal successful the day.
Speaking to reporters astatine the Kochi airdrome connected his instrumentality from Delhi, wherever helium attended the Congress cardinal predetermination committee meeting, Mr. Satheesan said that the enactment had already cleared 95 names, which would besides beryllium released aboriginal successful the day.
He, however, declined to disclose idiosyncratic names, pointing retired that the database was with the cardinal predetermination committee and would beryllium made nationalist erstwhile the enactment president signed it.
Asked astir the candidature of K. Sudhakaran, MP, Mr. Satheesan dismissed it arsenic ‘media speculation.” He added that helium remained successful changeless interaction with Mr. Sudhakaran, noting that “communication betwixt leaders successful liable positions was routine”, peculiarly successful the run-up to an election.
“For the archetypal clip successful the past of the Congress successful Kerala, 95 candidates person been finalised wrong 48 hours. Never earlier has the enactment announced truthful galore names successful 2 days.” helium said.
He urged the media to absorption alternatively connected what helium described arsenic “an unprecedented revolt wrong the CPI(M).”
“The CPM and the LDF person not yet finalised their lists. We completed each 140 seats without a azygous discordant enactment among the UDF constituents. That proves we are genuinely ‘Team UDF’,” helium said.
He alleged that elder CPI(M) leaders crossed districts were openly challenging the leadership, criticising the Chief Minister and the enactment enactment “more harshly than the Opposition” did successful property conferences. “They impeach the CPI(M) of nepotism, favouritism, and corruption implicit the past decade. This predetermination volition bespeak each that. We volition enactment this authorities connected proceedings successful the tribunal of the people’s conscience. More surprises volition unfold earlier and aft the election,” Mr. Satheesan said.
