'I didn't cast vote': Rajeev Chandrasekhar skips poll for Thiruvananthapuram campaign, LDF dubs it ‘insult to democracy’

Earlier successful the day, Chandrasekhar, who seeks his electoral luck from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, said helium did not spell to Karnataka to workout his franchise arsenic the spot helium is contesting from was his apical priority.

"I didn't spell to formed vote. This is my apical priority. It is my work to beryllium contiguous present connected the predetermination day," helium told reporters here.

The BJP person further said helium didn't get clip to transportation his ballot to Thiruvananthapuram and would surely instrumentality indispensable steps to workout the franchise successful the constituency successful aboriginal elections.

Both the CPI(M) and CPI, the large conjugation partners successful the LDF, slammed Chandrasekhar and said exercising franchise is not lone a person's cardinal close but besides a work of each citizen.

Senior CPI(M) person and General Education Minister V Sivankutty said Chandrasekhar was a idiosyncratic who was susceptible of going to his respective place, wherever helium has the vote, by a chopper and instrumentality here.

"Chandrasekhar's determination to abstain from voting is an insult to the antiauthoritarian process," helium said.

The curate further said the BJP candidate's enactment raises questions astir his committedness to the antiauthoritarian principles and his accountability to the electorates.

Sharing akin views, Civil Supplies Minister G R Anil said Chandrasekhar's abstinence from voting was a "grave" contented and amounts to cheating the radical of Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

"This reflected the BJP candidate's deficiency of spot successful democracy," helium added.

The elections for the 20 Lok Sabha seats successful Kerala concluded connected Friday with a notable alteration successful elector turnout, arsenic the fig stands astatine 70.22 per cent. The polling percent during the 2019 wide elections was 77.84 per cent.

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Published: 27 Apr 2024, 03:15 PM IST