Amidst the uncertainty over the candidate to be fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the campaigns by the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] have already hit a feverish pitch at Puthuppally, which is witnessing a byelection on September 5.
With just over 20 days to go for the election, the Left Democratic Front on Sunday sought to mend the bridges with the Nair Service Society (NSS), which had recently organised a series of protests against the State government over certain remarks by the Speaker. A delegation comprising LDF candidate Jaick C. Thomas and Cooperation Minister V.N. Vasavan visited G. Sukumaran Nair, general secretary of the community organisation, at its headquarters in Perunna, Changanassery.
Following this, Mr. Thomas also visited Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III, head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church at the church headquarters in Devalokam, Kottayam. Earlier in the day, the LDF candidate visited Vellappally Natesan, president of the SNDP Yogam, at his residence at Kanichukulangara, Alappuzha.
