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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made past by capturing powerfulness successful 2 grama panchayats successful the territory and retaining power of the Palakkad municipality for a 3rd consecutive term. The enactment has travel to powerfulness successful the Akathethara and Pudur grama panchayats, ending decades-long CPI(M) regularisation successful some section bodies.
In the Akathethara grama panchayat successful the Malampuzha Assembly constituency, represented successful the past by erstwhile Chief Ministers and CPI(M) stalwarts similar E.K. Nayanar and V.S. Achuthanandan, the BJP wrested powerfulness by bringing an extremity to 38 years of CPI(M) rule. The BJP secured 10 seats successful the 19-member panchayat, portion the Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 8 seats and the United Democratic Front (UDF) one.
The BJP had opened its relationship successful Akathethara successful 2005 with 2 seats. It accrued its tally to 5 successful 2015 and 7 successful 2020, earlier capturing powerfulness this clip with a wide bulk of 10 seats.
P. A. Bindu, who won from Ward 5 (Thekkethara), was elected panchayat president connected Saturday. The post, reserved for a Scheduled Caste woman, saw her unafraid 10 votes. G. Sujith, BJP president of the Malampuzha constituency committee, was elected vice-president.
In the Pudur panchayat successful Attappady, the BJP ended LDF regularisation by winning 8 of the 14 wards. C. Thankavel was elected president, portion M. Pushpa was chosen arsenic vice-president.a
