‘They Hunted My Father’: Chandy Oommen Protests While Voting In Puthuppally

Chandy Oommen cast his vote on Thursday wearing black as a mark of protest, alleging that the Left government had targeted his father, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

He voted at booth number 140 at Georgian Public School in Puthuppally along with his mother Mariyamma Oommen and sister Marya.

Chandy Oommen told reporters that the protest was against the alleged treatment of his father by the ruling Left Democratic Front.

"Today is the day when Puthuppally and Kerala will vote against the Left government. There are many protests. This government has unjustly hunted my father for nine years. Not only has it hunted, but it has protected and is protecting those who led it. This is a protest against that. There is no doubt about it. In the mind of Puthuppally, it is a wound in the mind of Kerala. That hunt is with us and the constituency. It has been hunted without providing funds for development activities. Development activities have been stopped. This is also a protest against that. Bridges and super specialty hospitals are still standing the same. They are still standing where the Oommen Chandy government left them. The unfinished civil station was named after my father. Do you want to insult us like this? Do you want to name an unfinished institution after him? They hunted us even after his death," said Chandy Oommen.

The development comes amid polling in Kerala, where the ruling Left Democratic Front and the opposition United Democratic Front are in a direct contest.