Politics
Pathanamthitta assembly constituency was part of the Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency) but now Pathanamthitta is a separate Lok Sabha constituency. Pathanamthitta is a part of the Pathanamthitta Legislative assembly, but from the general elections in 2011 onwards Pathanamthitta town will be a part of the Aranmula Legislative assembly.
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“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)
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You wait in the wings and rehearse.
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