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Alleppey, Assembly Elections 2016, Campaigning, Changanassery, Drumbeats, Elections, Kerala, Politics, Sloganeering
Kalasha Kottu – the chaotic sloganeering and mesmerizing drumbeats on the last day of campaigning by political parties for the Kerala Assembly elections 2016 on State Highway 11 popularly known as AC road from Alappuzha (Alleppey) to Changanassery.
What impressed me was that all the three political coalitions – the United Democratic Front (UDF), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) faced off aganist each other in an highly charged campaign environment shouting slogans and beating drums. Luckly there were not clashes and the handful of police and paramilitary personal around were busy ushering traffic. As I stood there, my ear drums ached but the spirit of democracy was something that I just couldn’t miss recording.
Sunny Peter 