Thrikkakara bypoll defeat won't stop SilverLine from happening: CPM

Thiruvananthapuram: Despite struggling a big debacle in the byelection to the Thrikkakara assembly constituency, Kerala's ruling CPM on Friday asserted that it'd pass beforehand with its bold K-Rail assignment. Addressing a press convention here, CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stated that the project may be carried out if the authorities gets essential permission from the Central government. The proposed K-Rail project, additionally called the SilverLine semi-high speed rail corridor, connecting the north and south of Kerala, become one of the primary ballot planks for the Congress and the CPM in the byelection.

Balakrishnan's declaration came quickly after Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly V D Satheesan entreated the Left government to withdraw the project in view of the election results. Making their proposed rail corridor, that is strongly opposed by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), as a chief marketing campaign subject matter withinside the constituency, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had stated it became a warfare among the proponents of pro-improvement and anti-improvement. Justifying the ballot debacle withinside the Thrikkakara byelection, the CPM stated the UDF gained the election because it became capable of unite the anti-Left elements.

Congress candidate, Uma Thomas, on Friday gained the Thrikkakara byelection and retained its stronghold defeating the CPI(M) candidate, Jo Joseph, with a anciental margin of 25,016 votes. Balakrishnan stated the Left party lost the byelection, however its vote proportion has risen in the Thrikkakara constituency. Balakrishnan stated the party base at Thrikkakara became intact because the vote proportion of the Left has improved to 35.28 according to cent from 33.32 according to cent remaining time. The party chief stated the ballot end result became now no longer a referendum at the K-Rail assignment. "This election became now no longer primarily based totally on K-Rail. This became now no longer a referendum on K-Rail," 

Balakrishnan stated while requested whether or not the election end result will set off the authorities to halt its bold Silverline rail project. He stated, "The assignment may be carried out if the authorities gets essential permissions from the Union government." 

The Left chief stated the growth in votes for UDF got here from those who voted for the BJP and the Twenty20 in the constituency for the duration of remaining year's meeting polls. The bypoll became necessitated in Thrikkakara, an city constituency which accommodates a chief chew of the Kochi Corporation, following the death of Thomas late last year. Though Thrikkakara has been a Congress bastion, the bypoll captured the eye of Kerala because the ruling CPM-led the front had made an remarkable grassroot-stage marketing campaign withinside the remaining one month fielding its pinnacle leaders and ministers. Many Left leaders had brazenly informed human beings that the proposed K-Rail assignment will now no longer have an effect on the bypoll end result.