Kerala does not have the tradition of re-electing a government. So yesterday’s poll results would not have surprised anybody. Moreover, the UDF government was steeped in corruption charges. Kerala Results in a nutshell Yet the Pala constituency re-elected K. M. Mani who faced serious allegations related to the bar scam. The people of Pala are neither ignorant politically nor blind in their allegiance to Mr Mani. Mani has done much for the people of his constituency. He has intimate relationships with the Catholic church which is a strong force in Pala. People benefit one way or another if Mani is in power. That is the secret of Mani’s success. It has nothing to do with any ideology. P. C. George who rebelled furiously against Mani’s corruption and became an enemy of both the UDF and the LDF because of his undiplomatic forthrightness and bravado won as an independent candidate from Poonjar, Mani’s neighbouring consti...
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