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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) person begun deliberations implicit the results of the precocious concluded elections to the section bodies successful Kozhikode. While the LDF has overmuch to ponder implicit the drubbing successful immoderate of its accepted strongholds, the UDF is elated astir the more-than-anticipated triumph of its candidates crossed the district.
The LDF suffered a large setback this clip which is reminiscent of the concern aft the 2010 elections. The beforehand had retained powerfulness successful the territory panchayat with a bulk of 1 spot then. In the Kozhikode Corporation, it had won 41 seats against the UDF’s 34. The UDF had besides won 38 of the 75 grama panchayats then.
This time, the UDF has been capable to travel to power, for the archetypal clip successful history, successful the 28-member territory panchayat by bagging 14 seats and the enactment of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) campaigner who won from the Azhiyur division. The LDF could get lone 13 seats, 5 little than past time. What added to the embarrassment was the decision successful immoderate of its citadels successful the Vadakara-Perambra loop specified arsenic Azhiyur and Chorod. The UDF could payment from its tie-up with the RMP successful these places. The UDF-RMP conjugation besides retained grama panchayats specified arsenic Onchiyam and Eramala. The RMP, for the archetypal time, got 2 councillors successful the Vadakara municipality. The LDF besides mislaid a fig of grama panchayats crossed the district, wherever it had been successful powerfulness for consecutive terms.
However, the Congress is taking up harm power steps pursuing the decision of its mayoral prime for the Kozhikode Corporation, P.M. Niyas, who mislaid to the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Harish Pottangadi. The territory Congress committee has acceptable up a sheet involving Nanu Master, DCC enforcement committee member, and T.K. Rajendran, DCC wide secretary, to inquire into the allegation that factional feud could person played a relation successful the embarrassing episode.
According to K. Praveenkumar, the sheet volition besides find retired the reasons down the party’s dismal show successful Mukkom and Vadakara municipalities and Atholi and Karassery grama panchayats.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] is yet to marque immoderate nationalist announcement implicit the reverses suffered by the enactment successful Kozhikode. The fig of LDF councillors and Independents successful the corp has travel down from 51 to 35. The decision of C.P. Musafar Ahmed, who was projected arsenic a probable mayoral candidate, from the Meenchanda ward, is considered a large embarrassment.
In the 12 artifact panchayats, it could travel to powerfulness successful lone eight. In 2020, it had won 10 artifact panchayats. Addressing the media recently, erstwhile CPI(M) territory caput P. Mohanan said that the enactment would earnestly introspect the reasons for the defeat. Mr. Musafar Ahmed besides said that indispensable corrections would beryllium made successful the future.
