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Former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee subordinate and elder Congress person Mambaram Divakaran volition contention arsenic the United Democratic Front campaigner from the 15th ward of Vengad grama panchayat.
The ward 15, which was 13 earlier delimitation and won by Congress person P.K. Indira, has been identified by the Congress arsenic a cardinal spot successful the CPI(M)-ruled panchayat. Party leaders anticipation Mr. Divakaran’s candidature would assistance the enactment wrest the ward from the CPI(M) . He volition beryllium contesting against CPI(M) campaigner C. Kumaran and BJP campaigner M. Pradesh.
Mr. Divakaran had earlier faced disciplinary enactment from the Congress implicit issues related to the governing assemblage elections of the Indira Gandhi Cooperative Hospital. The quality with the past KPCC president K. Sudhakaran was aboriginal resolved, paving the mode for his instrumentality to the party.
He is contesting from the ward adjacent to his residence. Vengad panchayat, which includes CPI(M) stronghold villages, is apt to witnesser a pugnacious contest. Mr. Divakaran had contested against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successful Dharmadam successful the 2016 Assembly elections.
