After days of indecision and hectic parleys, the battle lines for a triangular fight have been drawn at Puthuppally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announcing G. Lijin Lal as its candidate for the byelection.
The name of Mr. Lal, president of the BJP Kottayam district committee, was announced by the party’s central leadership on Monday along with the candidates to six other constituencies where byelections are to be held soon.
Unfazed by the delayed beginning, the BJP is now looking to hit the ground running to catch up with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), who had declared their candidates earlier. The party’s election strategy is to focus primarily on the development projects and welfare schemes rolled out by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.
