Topic: Walayar rape case

A voter in Dharmadam constituency in Kannur district who is an auto driver I met, shared some of his observations from the ground regarding the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections. According to him, people listens to Bhagyavathi, responds to her and are identifying her candidature as a real battle. Bhagyavathi, a mother of the two Dalit girls found raped and dead in Walayar in Palakkad district under suspicious circumstances in 2017, is contesting polls against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Walayar mother will be contesting against Pinarayi Vijayan from the Darmadam constituency, a Left stronghold in Kannur, Kerala.