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4d ago

Nilambur By-Election Deepens Communal Alliance Row as Campaign Enters Final Days

High-profile CPI(M) and Congress leaders have traded sharp allegations over rival support from Islamist and extremist groups ahead of the June 19 vote.

M Swaraj greets a crowd with folded hands during a campaign event, surrounded by supporters and media personnel.
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Overview

  • Pinarayi Vijayan and V.D. Satheesan accuse each other of courting support from Jamaat-e-Islami’s Welfare Party and Abdul Nasir Maudani’s PDP, casting the contest as a battle over communal alliances.
  • Congress MPs and MLAs have protested what they call targeted vehicle inspections by election officials, while the LDF insists checks are routine under electoral law.
  • Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Pinarayi Vijayan have crisscrossed the constituency to shore up support as BJP candidate Mohan George also intensified his campaign.
  • Four contenders—UDF’s Aryadan Shoukath, LDF’s M. Swaraj, independent P.V. Anvar and NDA’s Mohan George—are vying for a seat with 2.3 lakh voters and 263 polling stations.
  • Election authorities have deployed static surveillance teams, flying squads and video units to enforce the Model Code of Conduct and ensure orderly voting on June 19.