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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced its database of candidates for the upcoming section assemblage elections successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Candidates person been declared for 93 wards, portion names for the remaining 8 seats volition beryllium announced later. Notably, incumbent Mayor Arya Rajendran does not diagnostic connected the list.
Of the full seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] volition contention successful 70 wards, portion 31 seats person been allocated to the LDF’s constituent parties. The Communist Party of India (CPI) volition tract candidates successful 17 wards, Kerala Congress (M) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) successful 3 each, Janata Dal (Secular) successful two, and Indian National League (INL), Congress (S), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Kerala Congress (B), Janadhipathya Kerala Congress, and Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) successful 1 each.
CPI(M) nominees
The salient CPI(M) candidates see erstwhile Mayor and Vanchiyoor country caput K. Sreekumar (Chakka ward), erstwhile councillor and Palayam country caput Vanchiyoor Babu (Vanchiyoor ward), Vilappil country caput R.P. Sivaji (Punnakkamughal ward) and erstwhile wide caput of the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare S.P. Deepak (Pettah ward). Mr. Deepak is besides 1 of 4 enactment territory committee members successful the fray. While the LDF has yet to denote its Mayoral candidate, these elder leaders are seen arsenic beardown contenders for the post.
The different cardinal contestants see erstwhile Deputy Mayor Rakhi Ravikumar (CPI), who volition contention from Vazhuthacaud, I.P. Binu [CPI(M)] from Kunnukuzhy, and Palayam Rajan [Congress (S)] from Nanthancode.
High-profile contests
Several wards are expected to witnesser high-profile contests. In Kowdiar, A. Sunil Kumar, a erstwhile councillor and CPI(M) section committee secretary, volition look Congress person K.S. Sabarinadhan, who is spearheading the United Democratic Front (UDF) campaign.
In Sasthamangalam, Amritha R. of the CPI(M) volition vie against erstwhile Director General of Police (DGP) R. Sreelekha, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate. V. Sukumaran Nair of the CPI(M) volition instrumentality connected elder Bharatiya Janata Party person and sitting councillor V.V. Rajesh astatine Kodunganoor.
The database besides reflects a beardown absorption connected younker participation, with 13 candidates being nether the property of 30, portion 12 are beneath 40. The youngest among them is 23-year-old Magna B., who volition contention from the Alathara ward. Tripthiraj S., girl of the incumbent Deputy Mayor P.K. Raju, volition contention from the Pattom ward.
CPI(M) territory caput V. Joy, who announced the candidates, highlighted the maturation achieved successful the superior metropolis nether the LDF governance. The coalition, helium added, has transformed the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation into 1 that attracts planetary attention. He contrasted this with the BJP-ruled Palakkad municipality which, helium claimed, continues to look galore developmental challenges.
