KOCHI, Feb. 27 -- As kick-off began for the April 6 Assembly polls in Kerala on Friday, poll observers in the State are of the view that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has a slight edge over the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front.
Veteran scribe and author P Rajan, who led Mathrubhumi daily's editorial team for four decades and continues writing and commenting on political and social issues, is of the view that events in the last one week witnessed by the State have cast an uncertainty over the poll prospects of the LDF.
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