Overview
- Vote counting in Kerala shows a close fight in Dharmadom, where Pinarayi Vijayan moved from an early deficit to a narrow lead over Congress’s V P Abdul Rasheed.
- The chief minister trailed through the first six rounds of counting before inching ahead as more votes were tallied.
- In a Facebook post, RMP leader K K Rema said the CM’s struggle in his seat sends a political message to the ruling CPI(M).
- Rema has led from the start in Vadakara, where she is contesting as a candidate of the Revolutionary Marxist Party, an ally of the UDF.
- Her remarks came as the RMP observed the 2012 killing of her husband, T P Chandrasekharan, a case that still shapes politics in the state.