Exit polls not important; LDF will return to power: Minister Riyas

Kerala Tourism Minister and LDFs candidate from Beypore Assembly seat P A Mohamed Riyas on Thursday said he was unconcerned with the exit polls as in 2021 they had predicted his defeat, but he won with a record vote share of 82,000.

Kerala Tourism Minister and LDF's candidate from Beypore Assembly seat P A Mohamed Riyas on Thursday said he was unconcerned with the exit polls as in 2021 they had predicted his defeat, but he won with a record vote share of 82,000. Riyas, speaking to a TV channel here, also said was confident that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) would return to power for a third term. His response comes a day after exit polls predicted that the Congress-led UDF will come to power in Kerala. The Tourism Minister said that since the time he was made the candidate from Beypore for the 2026 Assembly polls, he had said that he would get more than 82,000 votes this time. Riyas said that there is a lot of infighting within the Congress, communal issues would increase under their rule and corruption would become rampant and therefore, people want LDF to return to power. He further said that the attacks on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was a part of the anti-Marxist politics.