LS Seat: Clash between Tharoor and Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram

Mangalore Today News Network

Kerala, March 06, 2024: The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency is set to witness a high-profile contest with all the three political fronts in the fray, but the spotlight will be on the duel between the incumbent MP Shashi Tharoor and the BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The BJP has fielded its Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who received a grand reception by the party workers when he arrived here on Monday night. The Minister was escorted by a huge convoy of vehicles from the airport to the heart of the city.

The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front has nominated former Thiruvananthapuram MP, Paniyan Ravindran, a seasoned CPI leader. Ravindran had won a bypoll from the same seat in 2005 after the demise of the sitting member, former Chief Minister and CPI veteran P.K. Vasudevan Nair.

The Congress is yet to declare its candidate for Thiruvananthapuram, but there is no suspense about who it will be, as it is obvious that Shashi Tharoor will be seeking re-election for the fourth consecutive time.