Actor Mammootty said that it was good to have a candidate who was familiar with the constituency. Mammootty made the comment when UDF candidate Uma Thomas visited him at his home in Ernakulam. Ernakulam MP Hibi Eden and Ramesh Pisharody also accompanied Uma Thomas.
Later, Uma Thomas posted a video on Facebook and stated that she was convinced that she had the full support of the actor and his wife. 'When Mammootty told that it was good to have a person familiar with the constituency, I got fully convinced that he was supporting me,' she wrote.