Former cricketer-turned-politician S Sreesanth who was one of the most prominent faces in the Kerala assembly elections. But he failed to make a mark in debut in electoral politics. Sreesanth contested on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from the Trivandrum constituency, but lost to VS Sivakumar of the Congress.
This is what he tweeted after the results were announced:
And then he congratulated O Rajagopal, BJP’s lone candidate who won:
Despite being trolled while on the campaign trail, Sreesanth surprisingly escaped being trolled despite losing the elections.
Here were some of the Twitter reactions in support of the cricketing star :
But then there had to be some who wouldn’t lose the opportunity to troll him:
Pic 1: During campaigning
Pic2: After Election results #KeralaPolls2016 pic.twitter.com/eLTxJGOU4U— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 19, 2016
(Feature image source: PTI)