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Anil Antony Expresses Hope For BJP in Kerala

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Lok Sabha Election 2024: Asked what was different, Anil Antony said there are “multiple factors”. New Delhi: Anil Antony, the son of senior Congress leader AK Antony and the BJP’s candidate from Pathanamthitta, insists the election this time in Kerala would be different. The state, which voted for all its 20 seats in the second phase of the general election today, is in financial distress and there is massive anti-incumbency, he claimed in an exclusive interview to NDTV. Kerala is one of the few states which has never sent a BJP candidate to parliament. This has been the situation even after 2014, despite the state having 55 per cent voters belonging to the majority community. The politics of the state has been bipolar for decades, swing between a Congress and a Left-led alliance. The state is also one of the few that routinely votes out the incumbent government. But in 2021, in a shocking break with tradition, Kerala gave a second term to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Now the BJP is trying to create a …

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: The Big Switch

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Anil Antony, BJP’s candidate from Kerala’s Pathanamthitta, during campaigning New Delhi: It’s time for round two in the marathon Lok Sabha polls, the world’s largest election, which runs through the peak of summer until June 1. The votes will be counted on June 4. Eighty nine seats across 13 states will vote today. Polling is scheduled in all 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 7 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats each in Chhattisgarh and Bengal, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir. Here’s a look at some of the big names who pulled a switcheroo just ahead of the polls: Anil AntonyAnil Antony, son of veteran Congress leader AK Antony, joined the principal rival party BJP last year. He’s BJP’s candidate from Kerala’s Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. Anil Antony, 38, steered the Congress’s social media cell in Kerala before he quit the party. The BJP expects …