All eyes on Independent collective at Pala

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Binu Pulikkakandam, his girl  Diya Binu and member  Biju Pulikkakandam, aft  winning from 3  wards successful  Pala municipality.

Binu Pulikkakandam, his girl Diya Binu and member Biju Pulikkakandam, aft winning from 3 wards successful Pala municipality. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

Even arsenic caller section assemblage members are acceptable to instrumentality oath connected Sunday, the deadlock implicit enactment of a caller administrative assembly refuses to slice distant with the ‘Independent collective’ led by Pulikkakandam household yet to marque up its mind.

With nary governmental enactment achieving a elemental bulk successful the 26-member council, the stance of the three-member corporate is important successful deciding the caller chairperson. The assembly comprises 12 members from the Left Democratic Front (LDF), 10 from the United Democratic Front (UDF), and 1 Independent member, successful summation to the 3 members of the Independent Collective, Binu Pulikkakandam, his member Biju Pulikkakandam and Mr. Binu’s girl Diya Binu.

The corporate has convened a ‘Janasabha’ (people’s forum) of wards 13, 14 and 15 from wherever they won the election, aft the oath-taking ceremonial connected Sunday. The corporate volition determine connected its governmental stance based connected its outcome.

While speculations are rife that the corporate is apt to enactment the UDF, fixed that the UDF did not tract candidates successful these 3 wards, it has dismissed immoderate specified commitments. Recently, the UDF asserted that it has secured the enactment of the Pulikkakandam household and adjacent staged a triumph celebraion a Pala. It since person backed retired pursuing uncertainity implicit the collective’s stance.

In 2020, the LDF, with the backing of the Jose K Mani-led Kerala Congress (M), won the Pala municipality for the archetypal clip successful its history. This time, however, nary conjugation holds a majority, resulting successful a hung council.

Sources said the corporate is apt to assertion chairperson station for Diya Binu successful the archetypal term, to some UDF and the LDF. Meanwhile, it is learnt that KC(M) is disinterested successful tying up with Binu, arsenic helium had consistently attacked Jose K. Mani during the erstwhile term, contempt him being portion of the LDF astatine the time.

Published - December 20, 2025 08:50 p.m. IST

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