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Niji Justin was elected arsenic the Mayor of the Thrissur Corporation connected Friday, securing a comfy triumph successful the mayoral election. She polled 35 votes, defeating Left Democratic Front (LDF) campaigner M. L. Rosy, who received 13 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigner garnered 8 votes.
A. Prasad has been elected arsenic the lawman mayor.
Niji Justin, the recently elected Thrissur Corporation Mayor, congratulating lawman politician A. Prasad. | Photo Credit: K.K. NAJEEB
In the 56-member council, the Congress holds 33 seats. Dr. Justin’s tally was further strengthened by the enactment of 2 Independent councillors, including a Congress rebel, who voted successful her favour. With this win, the Congress has returned to powerfulness successful the Corporation aft a spread of 10 years.
The enactment had narrowly missed powerfulness successful 2020, erstwhile some the LDF and the United Democratic Front (UDF) won 24 seats each. The deadlock past paved the mode for Independent councillor M. K. Varghese to look arsenic the Mayor, supporting the LDF.
Key positions
Dr. Justin, elected from the Kizhakkumpattukara division, is simply a Thrissur-based gynaecologist. Dr. Justin, who presently serves arsenic vice-president of the District Congress Committee, has held respective cardinal organisational roles successful the party. She is simply a erstwhile State wide caput of the Youth Congress and has besides served arsenic the State caput of the Mahila Congress. Beyond her governmental career, Dr. Justin has been actively progressive successful initiatives focussed connected women’s health, earning designation for her enactment successful assemblage outreach and consciousness programmes.
The election, however, unfolded amid crisp interior turbulence wrong the enactment successful the district. Hours earlier the mayoral polls, unfastened dissent erupted erstwhile Congress councillor Laly James publically expressed her dissatisfaction and levelled superior allegations against the enactment leadership. Elected from the Lalur division, Ms. James alleged that the mayoral station successful the Corporation was “sold” for wealth and claimed that she was side-lined due to the fact that she lacked the fiscal backing required.
Despite the nationalist disagreement, Ms. James yet voted successful favour of Dr. Justin. Rejecting the allegations, the Congress enactment has since sought an mentation from Ms. James, adjacent arsenic the enactment celebrates its long-awaited instrumentality to powerfulness successful the civic body.
Mr. Prasad, who is besides KPCC secretary, has agelong been the beforehand runner for the lawman politician post. He was elected from the Civil Station part of the Corporation.
