THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the 2021 Kerala Assembly polls all set to be announced and expected to be held in April/May, the three political fronts have already hit the road on what could be a grueling election campaign as a scorching summer lies ahead.

The Congress-led UDF, presently in the opposition was the first to hit the road and on Tuesday evening the grand finale to the state-wide yatra of Leader of Opposition will be inaugurated by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, here.

Similarly, the ruling CPI-M led Left Democratic Front's two separate yatra are presently crisscrossing the state, while the state BJP president K.Surendran's yatra has just commenced its trip to the state capital from Kasargode on Sunday.

Notably, Kerala has had the unique distinction of not electing the ruling front in the next assembly election, but the ruling Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government is harboring hopes of re-writing electoral history by becoming the first ruling government to retain power.

"The stage is definitely set for the Vijayan government to retain power. The people's verdict that came in the December local body election is a significant step in that direction. People have now started experiencing the fruits of the focused good governance that emphasized on all-round development," said Left convenor and acting CPI-M secretary A. Vijayaraghavan, who is leading one of the two statewide yatra of the Left.

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