THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the BJP also announcing its candidates, the field for the by-elections is clear. UDF, LDF and NDA fronts are facing each other in Palakkad and Chelakkara assembly constituencies and Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. The election conventions of the UDF, which will raise anti-government slogans and ensure victory in Palakkad and Chelakkara constituencies, are tomorrow.

Convention of Rahul Mamkoottathil

AICC General Secretary KC Venagopal will inaugurate at 3 pm at Palakkad Chandranagar Parvathi auditorium. The convention at Chelakkara will also be held at 10 am.

Conventions have been completed in all the constituencies of the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat where AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is contesting. It has been decided to hold a parliamentary constituency level convention soon. Then the UDF decided to intensify the campaign by fielding national leaders in all the three places.

The LDF meeting to be held tomorrow will decide on the election conventions of the Left Front, which has set its sights on capturing Palakkad through Dr. P Sarin, who came out from the Congress. The left's move can energize the activists through the convention. Later, senior leaders including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will campaign in all the three places.

Propaganda tools

--The UDF has moved to attack the Chief Minister and the government by raising recent political issues including the suicide of Kannur ADM Naveen Babu and the BJP by alleging Pooram messing up.

--The LDF will make a political move to take advantage of the disunity in the Congress along with enumerating the government's operational achievements.

--Leaders including central ministers will also come to campaign for NDA. BJP's strategy is to defend both sides by pointing out that the UDF-LDF fronts are part of the India front. The allegations against the state government will be toughened.