<p>Congress-led UDF opposition's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, took oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.</p>.<p>Thirty seven-year-old Chandy Oommen was sworn in as the new legislator after the Question Hour session of the House.</p>.<p>He took the oath of office on the floor of the House.</p>.Karuvannur bank scam: CPI(M) leader rejects Congress' allegations against him.<p>Oommen had trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll.</p>.<p>The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, resumed as scheduled from Monday.</p>.<p>The September 5 bypoll for Puthuppally constituency in Kottayam district was necessitated following the death of Oommen Chandy on July 18. </p>
<p>Congress-led UDF opposition's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, took oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.</p>.<p>Thirty seven-year-old Chandy Oommen was sworn in as the new legislator after the Question Hour session of the House.</p>.<p>He took the oath of office on the floor of the House.</p>.Karuvannur bank scam: CPI(M) leader rejects Congress' allegations against him.<p>Oommen had trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll.</p>.<p>The assembly session, which was cut short due to the announcement of the bypoll, resumed as scheduled from Monday.</p>.<p>The September 5 bypoll for Puthuppally constituency in Kottayam district was necessitated following the death of Oommen Chandy on July 18. </p>