This Article is From May 11, 2011

Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan keeps fingers crossed till counting day

Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan keeps fingers crossed till counting day
Steering clear of poll surveys and exit polls, which mostly gave a slight edge to Congress-led UDF in the assembly elections, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said "wait till May 13", the counting day.

In a brief chat with reporters after a state cabinet meet, an unruffled Achuthanandan said he was glad all the pre and post-poll surveys showed a majority of voters acknowledged the good things done by the LDF government in the last five years.

"About 65 per cent of respondents to all the surveys said the government had performed quite well. This is something that gives satisfaction. The rest we will see on May 13 when the results of the 13th Kerala assembly will be declared", the 87-year-old leader said.

Achuthanandan rejected as baseless reports that his office had recently intervened to assign some land to a relative of him overlooking rules.

"That person was given land under the scheme implemented for the benefit of ex-service personnel when A K Antony was the Chief Minister in 1977", he said.

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