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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) wide caput and two-time Corporation councillor Deepthy Mary Varghese hardly concealed her displeasure astatine being overlooked for the station of Mayor, contempt being led to judge that she was the frontrunner.
Speaking to the media astatine her residence aft the Ernakulam District Congress Committee (DCC) announced its prime of Mayor and Deputy Mayor candidates for divided terms, Ms. Varghese said she was not adjacent officially informed of the decision. Without explicitly stating that the KPCC circular had been violated, she pointed retired that the circular intelligibly stipulated that erstwhile much than 1 sanction was successful contention, KPCC office-bearers should beryllium fixed priority.
She alleged that owed process had not been followed successful the enactment of candidates. According to her, the opinions of Congress councillors were collected publically connected Monday (December 22, 2025) alternatively than done a concealed process, depriving them of the close to explicit their honorable views. She said the councillors were asked for their opinions by individuals who backed their candidacy. The gathering of councillors was convened by Dominic Presentation, N. Venugopal, and DCC president Mohammed Shiyas, without the beingness of a neutral perceiver appointed by the KPCC, arsenic is the norm.
“I was told that the Congress halfway committee gathering would beryllium held connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) to instrumentality a governmental determination connected the matter. When the gathering was delayed, I contacted Opposition person V.D. Satheesan, who was straight successful complaint of the Corporation election. It is for him to clarify whether norms were followed successful the enactment of candidates. In immoderate case, I volition proceed to enactment honestly successful my capableness arsenic KPCC wide caput and councillor,” she said.
Asked whether the figures being circulated to amusement that she lacked the backing of Congress councillors were accurate, Ms. Varghese said radical were escaped to judge them oregon not.
Meanwhile, elder Congress person Ajay Tharayil powerfully criticised the decision, calling it contrary to the volition of a bulk of councillors. He accused enactment factions of indulging successful excessive radical politics, which helium said was unacceptable. He added that groups had conspired to sideline Ms. Varghese, who, helium emphasised, had risen done the ranks and had not simply appeared connected the country overnight.
