BJP scripts history in Kerala as 86-year-old Rajagopal wins Nemom Seat

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May 19, 2016

Thiruvananthapuram, May 19: Scripting a new chapter for the BJP in Kerala, party veteran and former union minister O Rajagopal today won from Nemom constituency here to help the party make its debut in the state assembly.

rajagopalanNemom was one of the segments where the BJP had pinned its hope the most in the present election to open its account in the Assembly.

86-year-old Rajagopal, who had lost by a narrow margin in previous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, wrested Nemom from sitting MLA and vibrant CPI(M)-LDF leader V Sivankutty defeating him by 8,671 votes

When many of his party colleagues were trailing, Rajagopal, former Union Minister in the A B Vajpayee government, maintained a clear lead since the beginning itself.

The historic victory is a sweet revenge for Rajagopal, as he had lost in the constituency in a photo finish to Sivankutty in the 2011 assembly polls.

Garnering 43,661 votes, he had come second to Sivankutty last time. He had also garnered 50,076 votes in Nemom against Congress's Shashi Tharoor who got 32,639 in the last Lok Sabha elections.

In the last civic polls, of the total 22 wards in Nemom, BJP and LDF got nine seats each and UDF four.

Born on September 15, 1929 to Madhavan Nair and O Kunhikkavu Amma at Pudukkod Panchayath in Palakkad district, he completed Law graduation in Chennai and began practicing law in 1956 at the Palakkad District Court.

In 1980, the Janata Party split and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was formed and he served as its Kerala president until 1985. He became All India Secretary, General Secretary, and the Vice President of BJP and was elected in 1992 and 1998 to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.

In the year 1999, he became the Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and then became the Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways between 2000 and 2002.

He later held the positions of Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Having fought several assembly and parliamentary elections from various constituencies in Kerala, Rajagopal had finally managed to win a seat.

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Rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 19 May 2016

Congratulations! Great job!

Ahmed
 - 
Thursday, 19 May 2016

In happy this person may have heart attack thus BJP loose again.

HARRIS
 - 
Thursday, 19 May 2016

FINALLY THIS GREAT POLITICIAN WON HIS LAST BATTLE ...A SALUTE
THIS MOST PROMINENTAND CLEAN POLITICAL PERSONALITY IN BJP, HE IS EDUCATED AND EXPERIANSED NON CONTROVERSIAL POLITICIAN OF DECADES HOPE HE WILL DO HIS BEST ...JAI RAJ GOPAL

\EVERY FAILURE WILL BRING A TASTE OF SUCCESS \""

Kanthappa Chen…
 - 
Thursday, 19 May 2016

This time Modi compared kerala with SOMALIA and fool keralies rewarded him with 1 Seat.
Next time he will compare with BANGALI and same people will reward him with 10 seat.

Jai Somalia Jai ho Somalies.

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