Kerala Election Result 2021: As LDF returns to power, congratulatory messages pour in for 'Captain' Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (File image: Twitter/@vijayanpinarayi)

Incumbent Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Left Democratic Front (LDF) won the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections.

Pinarayi Vijayan, who had contested from the Dharmadam Assembly constituency in Kerala, managed to retain power in the state and led the LDF to scripting history by bucking the anti-incumbency trend in Kerala.

In the past four decades, power swung between the Congress-led United Democratic Front and the LDF in every term, with incumbents never making a comeback in Kerala. However, after breaking that 40-year jinx, ‘Captain’ Vijayan and his party are all set to serve the people of Kerala for another five years.

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With the communist-backed LDF securing a win in Kerala, congratulatory messages started flowing in for Pinarayi Vijayan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him and said:

I would like to congratulate Shri @vijayanpinarayi and the LDF for winning the Kerala Assembly elections. We will continue working together on a wide range of subjects and to ensure India mitigates the COVID-19 global pandemic.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2021

Sitaram Yechury, the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), went ahead and thanked the “people of Kerala for reposing faith in the LDF government”.

JD(S) leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy congratulated the Kerala Chief Minister for LDF's "consecutive victory". He tweeted:

People of Kerala have always shown their cleverness and commitment towards secular and welfare political ideology. I congratulate comrade Pinarayi Vijayan on his and LDF's consecutive victory.@vijayanpinarayi

— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 2, 2021

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted:

Congratulations to the Chief Minister of Kerala Shri @vijayanpinarayi on his party’s victory in Kerala Assembly elections. My best wishes to him for his next tenure.

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) May 2, 2021

Heartfelt congratulations @vijayanpinarayi sir.

People of Kerala have reposed faith in you becoz of ur pro-people governance.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 2, 2021

The official Twitter handle of CPM too tweeted a congratulatory message stating that the “LDF is set to make a historic win”.

#LDFforSurepic.twitter.com/N5HA25Viej

— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) May 2, 2021

Vijayan was also congratulated by Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar.

Congratulations to Mr. @vijayanpinarayi on a historical consecutive victory in the Kerala elections.
Together we fought these elections and now together we will fight the battle against Covid!

— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) May 2, 2021