Anvar is UDF candidate in Beypore, confirms KPCC

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has declared the candidature of erstwhile Nilambur MLA P.V. Anvar from the Beypore Assembly constituency successful Kozhikode district, from wherever P.A. Mohamed Riyas, Minister for Public Works and Tourism, the incumbent legislator, is expected to question a 2nd word successful office.

The candidature was announced by KPCC president Sunny Joseph successful Kozhikode connected Monday (February 2, 2026). Asked by the media astir Mr. Anvar’s ongoing informal run successful the constituency, helium said, “Mr. Anvar volition decidedly get elected arsenic an MLA from Beypore.”

Mr. Anvar, who emerged victorious from Nilambur, a United Democratic Front (UDF) stronghold, successful 2016 and 2021 arsenic a Left Democratic Front-backed Independent candidate, aboriginal severed his ties with the front, protesting against the policies of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He resigned arsenic MLA successful 2025 and is now portion of the Trinamool Congress.

Mr. Anvar had been gathering salient radical successful the constituency for the past fewer weeks. The section portion of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) had welcomed his candidature earlier. He had met elder IUML leaders specified arsenic M.C. Mayin Haji recently. Posters welcoming Mr. Anvar to the constituency excessively had appeared successful immoderate parts of Beypore.

However, it is not yet wide if Mr. Anvar volition contention arsenic a Trinamool Congress candidate. Though the UDF has decided to marque him an subordinate member, the Kerala portion of that enactment precocious expressed its displeasure implicit the move. Trinamool State leaders assertion that the determination to articulation the UDF was taken without consulting the enactment nationalist leadership.

According to Congress sources, Mr. Anvar could beryllium fielded arsenic an Independent campaigner supported by the UDF. On Monday (February 2, 2026), helium besides met section residents and merchants astatine a food marketplace successful Beypore.