With the push coming to shove, the gloves seem to be off in the by-election battle for the Puthuppally Assembly constituency.
After a week of mild sparring and nimble footwork around corruption allegations dogging the government, the Congress appeared to have dug in for an accusatory political slugfest that could border on the personal.
Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan said, somewhat belatedly, that the “corruption scandal” centred around Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter and businessperson Veena Vijayan’s financial transactions with a Kochi-based mining company was on the table.
