KASARGOD: SDPI district leadership has informed that it will support League’s leader and UDF candidate in Majeshwaram, A K M Ashraf. The party has informed that it has decided to support Muslim League after realising the fact that only League can defeat the saffron party in the area. SDPI has also asked its members to work for the victory of UDF candidate in the constituency.

In 2016, BJP state president K Surendran failed in the electoral race for just 89 votes. This time, K Surendran has again got into the poll battle with the strong determination to secure victory. In the last few elections, a strong contest was witnessed between League and BJP in the Majeshwaram constituency in Kasargod district.

In the 2019 assembly by-polls, necessitated by the death of then-incumbent MLA of Muslim League P B Abdul Razaq, League M C Kamaruddin defeated BJP’s Raveesha Tantri Kundar by 7,923 votes. But as Kamaruddin was facing graft allegations following the fashion gold jewellery case, League has fielded A K M Ashraf as its candidate. CPM has finished third in all the assembly polls held in 2011, 2016 and in 2019. CPM’s M Shankara Ray has only got 23 per cent votes in 2019 by-polls.