LDF will win 75 seats in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation: Sivankutty

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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) volition triumph 75 seats successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation successful the upcoming section assemblage elections, CPI(M) person and Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.

Mr. Sivankutty, Minister in-charge of Thiruvananthapuram district, stated that the Corporation’s improvement works person received awards from the BJP-led Union government. However, BJP State portion president Rajeev Chandrasekhar seemed to beryllium unaware of this erstwhile helium levelled allegation of corruption against the LDF. “The charges levelled by him amusement his governmental bankruptcy.”

Mr. Sivankutty alleged that Mr. Chandrasekhar was making these claims since the BJP’s decision successful the Corporation was a certainty. “The BJP volition suffer much than fractional of its sitting seats.”

His remarks besides raised questions of what the BJP councillors successful the Corporation were doing successful the past 5 years and wherefore were the corruption allegations being raised now. It besides begged the question wherefore cardinal probe agencies did not analyse the civic assemblage each this time. “Let Mr. Chandrasekhar urge the Union authorities to retreat the awards and accolades received by metropolis Corporation,” Mr. Sivankutty said.

He further alleged that Mr. Chandrasekhar was not adjacent alert of the schemes successful transportation with which helium had levelled allegations and claimed that helium would person them investigated. Some of the schemes spell backmost to 1995 erstwhile helium [Mr. Sivankutty] was the Mayor. “He needs to marque it wide connected what ground helium made these claims.”

‘40% commission’

Mr. Chandrasekhar raised the complaint of ‘40% commission’, Mr. Sivankutty said, adding that radical had begun referring to the BJP State president arsenic ‘Mr. 40 percentage’ arsenic a joke.

Mr. Chandraksehar, helium quipped, is simply a self-proclaimed campaigner from the Nemom constituency and has begun nationalist a relations exercise. However, helium did not person immoderate link with the people.

“Many superior allegations of corruption person been raised against Mr. Chandrasekhar. It is our decency that we person not spoken astir it truthful far,” helium said.

Mr. Sivankutty said helium would inquire the Chief Minister to represent a peculiar squad to analyse the decease of a BJP councillor and a enactment subordinate successful Thiruvananthapuram recently. “Mr. Chandrasekhar is soundless astir these deaths. He excessively is liable since the families of those who died had handed implicit complaints to him,” Mr. Sivankutty alleged.

Published - December 06, 2025 09:04 p.m. IST

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