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Hundreds of radical witnessed the swearing-in ceremonial of the recently elected councillors of the Kozhikode Corporation connected Sunday (December 21). District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh administered the oath to Congress councillor Manakkal Sasi, the oldest subordinate of the council. Mr. Sasi aboriginal administered the oath to the remaining 75 councillors.
While astir councillors chose a plain oath, respective opted to curse successful the sanction of their favourite gods. Paroppady councillor Hareesh Pottangadi drew attraction for taking the oath successful Sanskrit. The councillors signed the Corporation registry and accepted bouquets from Corporation Secretary K.U. Bini. They were called to instrumentality the oath successful the bid of their divisions.
Members of the Kozhikode territory panchayat aft the swearing-in ceremonial successful Kozhikode connected December 21. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
The LDF has 35 seats successful the 76-member council, portion the UDF has 28 seats, and the BJP 13 seats. Family members, enactment workers, and leaders turned retired successful ample numbers to enactment the caller councillors. The lawsuit was held astatine the Mohammed Abdurahiman Sahib Memorial Jubilee Hall astatine Tali.
M.K. Raghavan, MP, MLAs Ahammad Devarkovil and M.K. Muneer, Bharatiya Janata Party metropolis territory president K.P. Prakash Babu, District Congress Committee president K. Praveen Kumar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) territory caput M. Mehaboob, erstwhile Deputy Mayor C.P. Musafar Ahamed and Communist Party of India territory caput P. Gavas were among the dignitaries present.
The archetypal assembly gathering of the elected members was held aboriginal successful the time astatine the assembly hallway successful the Kozhikode Corporation office, chaired by Manakkal Sasi. The caput work retired the authorities announcement regarding the predetermination of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, scheduled to beryllium held astatine 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively, connected December 26.
Meanwhile, the swearing-in ceremonial of the members of the Kozhikode territory panchayat, artifact panchayats and grama panchayats successful the territory was besides held connected Sunday. The District Collector administered the oath to K.P. Mohammedans, the UDF subordinate from the Chelannur division, who successful crook administered the oath to the different members. The UDF has 14 members successful the 28-member panchayat council, portion the LDF has 13 members and the RMP has 1 member.
