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Defeated United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates successful the Mattathur grama panchayat elections person alleged that erstwhile District Congress Committee (DCC) caput T.M. Chandran deliberately misled voters by spreading disorder implicit the enactment symbol, resulting successful their decision and denying the UDF a wide bulk successful the panchayat.
At a property league held astatine the Thrissur Press Club connected Wednesday, they said voters were falsely told that umbrella, and not the hand, was the Congress awesome and that candidates contesting nether the umbrella awesome were the authoritative Congress nominees.
“We contested connected the manus awesome and sought votes arsenic Congress candidates. However, a systematic effort was made to represent america arsenic rebels, portion those contesting nether the umbrella awesome were projected arsenic authoritative candidates,” said Mahila Congress territory caput Shalini Joy, who was among those defeated.
The leaders alleged that Mr. Chandran acted successful a mode that straight benefited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. “The UDF should person won the panchayat with a wide margin. Instead, Mr. Chandran’s governmental manoeuvres weakened the Congress and pushed it into the contiguous crisis,” they said.
They warned that immoderate determination to readmit Mr. Chandran into the Congress would unit them into governmental silence. “If Mr. Chandran is taken back, we volition not beryllium capable to look the radical again seeking votes,” they said.
The leaders claimed that Mr. Chandran had adjacent links with the BJP and that his radical had secured BJP enactment successful beforehand for the panchayat president election. “The resignation of Congress panchayat members was carried retired successful enactment with the BJP’s governmental interests,” they alleged.
The Congress members came up with the property league adjacent arsenic the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is attempting reconciliation pursuing the Mattathur election. The leaders alleged that Mr. Chandran and his associates were operating with the enactment of KPCC caput Jose Valloor and accused them of moving a parallel DCC operation successful the area.
Block Congress caput Naushad Kalluparambil, erstwhile panchayat subordinate Benny Thondankal, and Thangamani Mohan were contiguous astatine the property meet.
The leaders said they would invited the KPCC’s determination to reinstate the 8 panchayat members who resigned, provided they stepped down from the president and vice-president posts.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Congress leaders met MLA Rojy John, urging him to reason immoderate determination to readmit Mr. Chandran and Shafi Kalluparambil into the party.
