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A pre-poll discussion, ‘Meet the Leaders’, organised by the Calicut Press Club connected Friday (December 5, 2025), saw 3 territory chiefs of mainstream governmental parties outlining their visions, priorities, expectations, and manifesto commitments up of the three-tier section assemblage elections adjacent week.
Opening the deliberations, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] territory caput M. Mehboob highlighted the benefits Kozhikode had received from consecutive presumption of development-oriented medication nether the Left Democratic Front (LDF). He cited the November 1 announcement that nary families remained successful the “extreme poor” class successful the State arsenic impervious of the government’s payment effectiveness. He added that the LDF’s manifesto for Kozhikode was framed to grow nationalist services and deepen secular, people-centric governance.
He besides criticised the Union government’s divisive communal politics, alleging that the Congress often supports specified policies. Mr. Mehboob added that the Left’s governmental relation would proceed to beryllium rooted successful secular values.
Countering the LDF’s claims, District Congress Committee (DCC) president K. Praveen Kumar argued that poorness elimination successful Kozhikode was acold from implicit and pointed to deficiencies successful the implementation of schemes specified arsenic the ‘Life Mission’ programme.
Kozhikode’s acquisition progress, helium said, had stagnated, and the district’s roadworthy infrastructure continued to deteriorate contempt successive budgets. The United Democratic Front (UDF) would revive the Kozhikode airy metro task and supply escaped section autobus transport for women and persons with disabilities. Measures would besides beryllium taken to tackle the stray canine menace and grow payment coverage, Mr. Kumar added.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) metropolis territory president K.P. Prakash Babu said that cardinal components of the district’s infrastructure had progressed lone done Union authorities initiatives and funding. He cited projects specified arsenic the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) artifact astatine the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, arsenic grounds to this.
The BJP’s manifesto, helium said, focuses connected creating a much women-friendly city, improving doorstep services, ensuring businesslike garbage collection, expanding parking infrastructure, and addressing gaps successful geriatric healthcare, including escaped infirmary attraction for citizens supra 70 years of age.
