All India president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) AA Rahim and CPI Kannur district secretary P Santhosh Kumar had been Wednesday declared because the candidates of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election.
Three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala are falling vacant with the retirement of AK Antony of Congress, Ok Somaprasad of CPI(M) and MV Shreyams Kumar of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD). Going by the present power within the state legislative meeting, LDF can win two seats.
Meanwhile, Opposition Congress is but to finalize its nominee for the elections, slated to be held on March 31. While CPI(M) and CPI have fielded new faces within the elections to the Upper House, a number of senior Congress leaders, together with former ministers, are exerting stress on the celebration management for tickets.
LJD, a element of LDF, had staked declare for the seat however CPI(M) determined to provide it to CPI, which has just lately adopted a mellowed stand on initiatives just like the semi-high velocity rail hall. Besides, LJD had little bargaining energy within the LDF as that celebration has solely a single member within the Assembly.
Rahim, 42, a CPI(M) state committee member, grew to become the DYFI nationwide president final 12 months after then incumbent Mohammed Riyas grew to become a minister. Rahim, a researcher on Islamic History, had unsuccessfully contested the Assembly election of 2011.
CPI candidate Santhosh Kumar, 51, had earlier served because the nationwide president of All India Youth Federation (AIYF), the youth wing of CPI.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
