Even as development emerged a major poll plank in the final stages of the campaign for the byelection to the Puthuppally Assembly Constituency, the major political fronts continued to accuse each other of running a highly recriminatory campaign.
While Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan accused the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] of personally targeting the family members of the former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) raised the alleged cyber attacks faced by LDF candidate Jaick C. Thomas’s wife Geethu Thomas. ‘
