Overview
- BJP nominee B. Gopalakrishnan put up a campaign flex at a busy Chavakkad junction listing Guruvayur MLAs from 1977 to 2021 with the line, "This must change — vote for Gopalakrishnan for change."
- Opponents said the display highlights the community background of past representatives and amounts to an identity-based appeal.
- Gopalakrishnan said it simply presents the constituency’s political history.
- After a Returning Officer’s complaint over an earlier video in which he reportedly spoke of the lack of a 'Hindu MLA,' Guruvayur police registered a case and the Kerala High Court on March 27 ordered the Election Commission to consider related complaints within two months.
- The Election Commission has sought a report from the District Collector as CPI(M) and the Congress press for action in the Guruvayur contest.