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In an effort to wriggle retired of the embarrassing occurrence successful Mattathur grama panchayat successful Thrissur wherever 8 Congress ward members from the enactment had joined hands with the BJP to support the Left Democratic Front retired of power, the Congress enactment has asked some the recently elected president and vice president of the section assemblage to measurement down.
While vice president Noorjahan Navas, who was elected connected Congress ticket, has agreed to resign from the post, the president of the panchayat, Tessi Jose Kallarakkal, who contested arsenic an autarkic and won the polls aft being denied summons by the Congress, is yet to marque her caput up, Congress person and Angamaly MLA Roji M. John said connected Saturday.
Mr. John, who was deputed by the enactment State enactment to clasp talks with the dissidents successful Mattathur, was briefing media astir the result of the discussions.
“The Congress has communicated to her that if she does not measurement down, the enactment volition determination a nary assurance question against her. However, it volition beryllium imaginable lone aft six months arsenic per rules,” Mr. John said.
He repeated the enactment leadership’s basal that the communicative that Congress members joined the BJP successful Mattathur was a fake news. “Our steadfast stance is that we volition not marque immoderate tie-up with the BJP. It conscionable happened that the BJP members supported the candidates enactment up by our radical successful a bid to support the CPI(M) which has been ruling the panchayat for agelong retired of power,” the MLA said.
In the 24 -member panchayat, the LDF secured 10 wards and UDF 8 and the NDA 4. There are 2 Independent councillors.
Ms. Kallarackal secured 12 votes—backed by each 8 erstwhile Congress members and 3 of the 4 BJP members. One BJP member’s ballot was declared invalid. Independent councillor K. R. Ouseph, a Congress rebel, received 10 votes of the LDF members. Ms. Kallarackal volition necessitate the enactment of the LDF to stay successful powerfulness if the Congress moves a no-confidence motion.
