To contest elections a person has to go through many examinations. First he has to fill the nomination form in which he has to give every information from his property to criminal cases. Even the slightest mistake in this can lead to rejection of the nomination. After this one has to pass the test of the public. Despite all this, there is one Lok Sabha seat in Kerala where candidates have to learn several languages to contest elections. What is the reason for this, know here…
Candidates from Kasaragod, the northern Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala, can sometimes be seen appealing for votes in Hindi and after a while talking in languages like Malayalam and Kannada. Actually this region is very diverse on linguistic basis. There are a large number of people here who do not know either Malayalam or Kannada. Therefore, candidates face great difficulty in communicating with voters, for which they have to prepare a lot.
The mother tongue of Trikkaripur, Kanhangad and Hosdurg is Malayalam. Kannada is prevalent in Kasaragod, Kumble, Majeshwar and Uppala areas. Thousands of Marathi families are settled here. Muslims speak and understand Urdu and people of coastal Karnataka and Goa converse in Konkari and Tulu languages. Here, to win the elections, it becomes very important that the candidate can communicate well with the voters. For this the candidates have to learn many languages.
