What started as a held-back contest between the Communist Party of India (Marxist)‘s Jaick C. Thomas and the Congress’ Chandy Oommen for the Puthuppally Assembly constituency has apparently descended into a pugnacious political slugfest that seems to border on the personal.
The gloves seem to come off with Congress leader Mathew Kuzhalnadan, MLA, taking a swing at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family, and his office at a press conference in Kottayam.
He accused Mr. Vijayan’s daughter and businesswoman Veena Vijayan of evading IGST on “questionable” payments she received from a mining firm based in Kochi from 2016-20.
