Before filing his nomination, Tharoor offered prayers at famed shrines in the constituency, including Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Pazhavangadi Ganapathi Temple.With senior CPI leader and former Thiruvananthapuram MP Pannian Raveendran and BJP leader and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar as Tharoor’s challengers in the fray, the high-profile Thiruvananthapuram constituency is set for a fierce three-cornered battle in the crucial polls this time.Tharoor, who is a former UN diplomat, began his journey in electoral politics, winning the Thiruvananthapuram seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.He scored a hat-trick in the 2019 general election by securing a margin of 99,989 votes over his nearest rival.Polling will be held on April 26 in Kerala for all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. PTI LGK
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