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The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), which has been pushed to the 3rd spot successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation successful the past 2 terms, is making a stronger propulsion for a comeback by fielding a fewer young State-level leaders. The Congress connected Sunday declared candidates to 48 seats, with erstwhile MLA K.S. Sabarinathan and District Congress Committee caput M.S. Anilkumar being the salient faces from among them.
Mr. Sabarinathan volition beryllium contesting from the Kowdiar ward portion Mr. Anilkumar volition contention from the Kazhakuttam ward. Former assembly enactment person Johnson Joseph volition contention from the Ulloor ward.
N. Sakthan, who holds the impermanent complaint arsenic Thiruvananthapuram DCC president, told The Hindu that the enactment has gone successful for a premix of young and aged candidates. The enactment of the archetypal database of candidates was carried retired unanimously.
“We truly person hopes of coming backmost successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation this clip around. The enactment is readying to organise conveyance rallies led by K. Muraleedharan successful each the 101 wards,” helium said.
After 2015
The UDF had held 40 wards retired of the 100 wards successful the Corporation successful the 2010-15 period. However, successful the 2015 section assemblage polls, a premix of mediocre campaigner enactment and the surge of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meant that the UDF was for the archetypal clip reduced to the 3rd presumption successful the assembly with 21 seats, portion the LDF got 43 and BJP 35.
In the 2020 section assemblage polls, the Congress’s tally went down further to 10 seats, portion the LDF improved its presumption to 51 and BJP won 34. The UDF has its task chopped retired successful attempting to apprehension this dependable decline.
Meanwhile, according to CPI(M) sources, the enactment is considering fielding S.P. Deepak, territory committee subordinate and erstwhile wide caput of the Kerala State Child Welfare Committee, successful the election. The Pettah country committee has recommended his sanction to the territory committee. Mayor Arya Rajendran is improbable to contest. Sitting councillors including Medayil Vikraman and Amshu Vamadevan are apt to contest.
