Thiruvananthapuram. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor confirmed the incident of his convoy being stopped and a member of his security team being attacked in Kerala’s Malappuram district. He said he is safe. Tharoor expressed gratitude for the concern of his supporters. Shashi Tharoor posted on his social media account According to the police, the incident occurred around 7.30 pm on Friday near Chellithode Bridge in Thiruvalli area of Vandoor. Tharoor and Congress leader A.P. While going to the election campaign program of Anil Kumar, he was with his convoy near this bridge when his car was stopped. A video of the incident site has also surfaced, in which senior Congress leaders are seen sitting on the front seat of their car and some people are gathered around them, some people were raising slogans.
Based on the complaint by Shashi Tharoor’s security guard, Wandoor police registered a case, detained the suspects and seized two vehicles used in the incident. According to police, Tharoor’s gunman Ratish K.P. On the complaint of , an FIR was registered at Vandoor Police Station.
Elections for 140 assembly seats in Kerala are going to be held in a single phase on April 9. Counting of votes will take place on May 4, while the tenure of the current assembly will end on May 23. There are around 2.70 crore voters in the state, which includes 1.31 crore male, 1.38 crore female and 277 third gender voters.
This time’s election is being considered very important for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by CM Pinarayi Vijayan, because Kerala is currently the only state in India which is led by the Left government. The state’s political leanings have often shifted between the LDF and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). Furthermore, the Bharatiya Janata Party is also emerging as a significant challenger by increasing its vote share in the recent elections.
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