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The Kozhikode District Congress Committee (DCC) is seemingly grappling with interior frictions wrong its ‘mandalam’ committees that are portion of the Thiruvambady Assembly constituency, adjacent arsenic rumours are rife astir the party’s program to instrumentality implicit the spot from its ally, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), successful the upcoming polls.
The Thiruvambady constituency is portion of the Wayanad Lok Sabha spot represented by elder Congress person Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
According to section sources, the DCC froze the assignment of Haridasan Parappil arsenic president of the Kodiyathur ‘mandalam’ committee connected February 13, conscionable 4 days aft helium was elevated to the post. The sources said the territory enactment was forced to enactment aft a conception of section leaders objected to the appointment.
Similarly, the DCC had to frost the constitution of the 47-member Karassery ‘mandalam’ committee led by Saman Chalooli connected February 2, conscionable 2 days aft it was formed. These ‘mandalam’ committees are portion of the Mukkom artifact committee of the party.
In Kodiyathur, Mr. Parappil was appointed arsenic president, arsenic the incumbent Suja Tom got elected to the section grama panchayat successful the caller elections. At present, DCC enforcement subordinate M.T. Ashraf has been fixed complaint of the ‘mandalam’ committee. In Karassery, Mr. Chalooli was appointed to the station of president pursuing the beardown request from ward-level committees. However, the DCC had to frost the committee portion retaining him successful the station pursuing interior protests.
Mr. Chalooli, who had held the station of ‘mandalam’ president earlier arsenic well, was asked to resign aft differences of sentiment emerged betwixt him and the past elder person N.K. Abdurahiman, president of the Karassery Service Cooperative Bank, which is controlled by the Congress. It was alleged that Mr. Chalooli opposed Mr. Abdurahiman’s determination to instrumentality distant immoderate chairs from an bureau gathering of the party. The incidental had happened during the campaigning for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll successful November 2024. However, Mr. Abdurahiman was expelled from the Congress successful December 2025 aft section enactment leaders accused him of “attempting to sell” the Karassery slope to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. Following this, the section leaders demanded that Mr. Chalooli beryllium reinstated to the post.
According to a conception of leaders, the ‘A’ radical wrong the enactment enjoys wide enactment successful the region. However, the DCC and 1 of the functionaries of the Mukkom artifact committee reportedly tried to name leaders belonging to the ‘I’ radical successful cardinal posts. This is cited arsenic the main crushed for the interior frictions. Earlier, leaders from the ‘A’ radical had held the station of presidents successful each ‘mandalam’ committees successful the Mukkom artifact committee.
The Thiruvambady Assembly conception has been represented by CPI(M) nominees since 2016. A conception wrong the Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) is reportedly of the sentiment that the enactment needs to instrumentality implicit the spot from the IUML successful speech for immoderate different constituency. There are reports that the enactment whitethorn see Malappuram District Congress Committee president V.S. Joy arsenic a probable campaigner here.
