Kerala local body polls: BJP candidate R. Sreelekha shares pre-polls survey, courts controversy

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Former IPS serviceman  and BJP campaigner  from Sasthamangalam ward, R. Sreelekha. File.

Former IPS serviceman and BJP campaigner from Sasthamangalam ward, R. Sreelekha. File. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran

R. Sreelekha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigner successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for the section assemblage polls, courted contention connected polling time connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) by sharing a pre-poll survey connected her societal media page. The pre-poll survey indicated an vantage for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. After her Facebook station became a controversy, it was removed from her page.

General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said that Ms. Sreelekha’s enactment is simply a usurpation of the exemplary codification of conduct. “Her behaviour reflects her deficiency of cognition successful the governmental field. The authorities person to look into the canvass codification violation,” helium said.

Earlier, during the campaigning phase, Ms. Sreelekha, erstwhile Director General of Police (DGP), had faced disapproval implicit the usage of the ‘IPS’ tag successful her posters and run materials. The tag was removed successful immoderate posters, portion successful others it was changed to ‘IPS (Retired)’.

Published - December 09, 2025 10:28 americium IST

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