Thrikkakara bypoll: Stakes high for Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, LoP Satheesan; BJP expects big surprise

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Thrikkakara bypoll: Stakes high for Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, LoP Satheesan; BJP expects big surprise The passing away of Congress veteran, PT Thomas, in December last year necessitated a fresh poll. The Congress party has fielded Uma Thomas, the CPI-M brought in a young interventional cardiologist Joe Joseph, while the BJP went for veteran leader AN Radhakrishnan.