keralaUpdated: Nov 06, 2020, 18:30 ISTThe Kerala Election Commission on Friday announced dates for local body elections, considered as the semi-final before the assembly elections which are due in six months. Usually, Left parties perform well in local body elections but this time situation is not rosy for them as the government is mired in several controversies. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former secretary M Sivasankar is in jail in connection with gold smuggling case and CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son Bineesh Kodiyeri is in Bengaluru jail in connection with money laundering related to narcotics drug haul. “Neck-deep in corruption, people will show the Left its place,” said state Congress chief Mullapally Ramachandran. But the Left front said voters will give a befitting reply to a malicious campaign unleashed by the Congress and BJP.

Source: Hindustan Times November 06, 2020 13:00 UTC