LDF, UDF on the hunt for mayoral candidates in Kozhikode Corporation

With nary wide bulk successful the Kozhikode Corporation polls, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front, which emerged arsenic the beforehand runner but fell 4 seats abbreviated of majority, is facing a daunting task of choosing a Mayor and Deputy Mayor, fixed that the combined absorption of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) volition enactment up a beardown front, 1 that is politically stronger than the ruling coalition.

Party leaders judge that civic governance is expected to beryllium tough, particularly erstwhile lasting committee decisions, peculiarly those connected fiscal matters and nationalist works, necessitate the support of the council. The LDF volition not beryllium capable to regularisation the Corporation without the enactment of astatine slightest a fewer councillors from either the UDF oregon the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). On the different hand, the UDF excessively has a beardown lawsuit to reason astir ruling the Corporation.

With the swearing-in of the caller assembly scheduled for December 21, some the LDF and UDF are successful the hunt for a campaigner for the station of Mayor, arsenic some person mislaid their astir favoured candidates. LDF’s projected mayoral campaigner C.P. Musafar Ahamed, the incumbent Deputy Mayor, mislaid from the Meenchanda ward, portion UDF’s mayoral candidate, P.M. Niyas, KPCC wide secretary, mislaid from Paroppady.

However, a time aft the results came out, the UDF and the LDF are yet to determine connected immoderate names. While talks are connected successful the LDF camp, the names of the existent Health Standing Committee chairperson S. Jayasree, erstwhile Deputy Collector E. Anitha Kumari and the existent LDF assembly enactment person O. Sadasivan are successful the air. The UDF excessively has a fig of candidates nether consideration, specified arsenic existent UDF assembly enactment person K.C. Shobhita, C.P. Salim and S.K. Aboobakker, who defeated Mr. Musafar Ahamed.

District Congress Committee (DCC) president K. Praveen Kumar told the media present connected Sunday (December 14) that the beforehand volition enactment up a beardown combat for the station of Mayor. “We volition not inquire for the NDA’s support, but volition judge if they widen it,” helium said, adding that the UDF campaigner for the Mayor’s station volition beryllium declared connected Wednesday (December 17).