Thiruvananthapuram: Thomas K Thomas of NCP will be the LDF candidate in Kuttanad constituency for the upcoming bypoll. He is the brother of former minister Thomas Chandy.

Transport Minister and NCP leader A K Saseendran announced Thomas K Thomas candidature. Saseendran said that the LDF has urged NCP to move ahead with the election campaign. He added that the NCP national leadership has approved Thomas K Thomas’s candidature.

Mani C Kappan said that there was no dispute regarding the NCP candidate and that the party had decided to field Thomas K Thomas in Kuttanad constituency earlier itself.

The Election Commission had announced by-elections in Kuttanad and Chavara the other day. The election will be held in November.