ALAPPUZHA: The election heat has already turned up in the constituencies in Kerala. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has announced the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections today. Aroor MLA A M Arif will contest from Alappuzha. Sitting MP K C Venugopal is most likely to be the UDF candidate at Alappuzha. Alappuzha will face a tight competition.
K C Venugopal has represented Alappuzha two times and he was earlier elected to the assembly three times. A M Arif was selected to the assembly three times. Arif will be the first Muslim candidate in Alappuzha. K C Venugopal has become one of the most prominent leaders if Congress and a national figure. He is very close to Rahul Gandhi too.
At this point, it is not easy to predict the result in Alappuzha, KC Venugopal became the MP of Alappuzha in 2009. LDF is trying to win back the constituency from him.