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K. Babu, elder Congress person and MLA representing the Thripunithura Assembly constituency successful Kerala, announced his status from progressive authorities connected Thursday.
“I convey my party, the United Democratic Front and the radical of Thripunithura for ever supporting me,” helium told mediapersons astatine the Ernakulam District Congress Committee bureau successful Kochi.
“The determination is personal. My elder leaders had requested maine to contention successful the forthcoming Assembly elections. I americium making the announcement nationalist aft receiving their confirmation,” helium said.
Mr. Babu said “the enactment of the people, enactment and its workers helped him to correspond Thripunithura for long.” He exuded assurance that his enactment volition “shortlist the champion candidate” for the constituency and that the United Democratic Front volition triumph the 2026 Assembly elections.
“The radical are waiting to formed their ballot against the Left Democratic Front,” helium said.
Born connected June 2, 1951 astatine Angamaly successful Ernakulam district, Mr. Babu entered authorities done the Kerala Students’ Union successful 1996. He was the archetypal and youngest president of the Angamaly municipality successful 1979-80. He had held respective positions successful the Kerala portion of the Youth Congress and respective commercialized unions. It was elder Congress person A. K Antony, who asked him to effort his luck successful the Assembly elections successful 1991 by contesting from Thripunithura, which was till past considered arsenic a accepted Communist Party of India (Marxist) stronghold.
In 1991, helium defeated M. M. Lawrence of the CPI(M) by a borderline of 4, 946 votes. He was re-elected successful the elections held successful 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2021. He was the Minister for Excise, Ports and Fisheries successful the Oommen Chandy-led authorities successful 2011.
He stepped down from the station successful January 2016 aft a tribunal successful Thrissur ordered the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to registry a lawsuit against him successful the barroom bribery scam. The contention impacted his electoral prospects successful the elections successful 2016 erstwhile helium was defeated by M. Swaraj of the CPI(M).
However, helium bounced backmost and won the spot of the radical successful the 2021 elections aft defeating Mr. Swaraj by a borderline of 1, 232 votes. Though Mr. Swaraj had alleged that his rival campaigner had canvassed votes connected spiritual grounds, the Kerala High Court had dismissed his predetermination petition. The CPI(M) person withdrew his entreaty earlier the Supreme Court successful November 2025, seeking to state the predetermination of Mr. Babu null and void.
