VS’ former PA Suresh to partake in V D Satheesan’s jatha, likely to be UDF candidate in Malampuzha

PALAKKAD: It is almost sure that A Suresh, who was the personal assistant of former chief minister V S Achuthanandan, will be fielded as the UDF candidate in Malampuzha. It is heard that Suresh will participate in the reception meeting organized here when the Puthu Yuga Yatra led by opposition leader V D Satheesan arrives in Malampuzha tomorrow. Suresh had earlier said that senior Congress leaders had asked him to participate in the Puthu Yuga Yatra.

Suresh had held direct discussions with Congress leaders regarding his candidacy in Malampuzha. Suresh has expressed his interest in contesting as an independent UDF candidate and not as a Congress candidate. Malampuzha is presently a constituency where the UDF has little support. In the last election won by V S Achuthanandan in 2016, the Congress got 35,333 votes here. In the last election won by A Prabhakaran, got 35,444 votes. Both times, the party came third behind BJP.