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The Left Democratic Front (LDF)’s determination to contention successful the Mayor predetermination successful Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has added to the play and uncertainty of the Mayoral contention this time. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has decided to tract R.P. Sivaji, councillor and Vilappil Area Secretary of the party, for the Mayor post, but has been tight-lipped astir the front’s strategy for the predetermination to beryllium held successful the assembly hallway connected December 26. “The CPI(M) territory committee has taken the determination connected the candidature. There has been nary different governmental discussions successful this regard,” says Mr.Sivaji, who has successful the past besides served arsenic a councillor successful the Corporation. Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scoring a historical triumph astatine the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation successful the section assemblage elections, it has inactive fallen 1 abbreviated of the required bulk fig of 51 successful the 101-member council. The 2 Independent candidates who won successful the Kannammoola and Poundkadavu wards person kept their options open. It remains to beryllium seen whether they would bargain for cardinal positions including the Mayorship oregon the chairperson station of 1 of the lasting committees successful speech for their support. The LDF’s tally of seats had fallen from 51 seats successful 2020 to 29 seats this year. However, the BJP’s inability to get a bulk appears to person led the beforehand to contention the Mayor election. Though the predetermination successful the Vizhinjam ward is pending, the LDF and the United Democratic Front (UDF) person an precocious manus implicit the BJP successful the region. The BJP itself is caught successful a hindrance regarding its Mayor campaigner with erstwhile territory president V.V.Rajesh, three-time councillor Karamana Ajith and R. Sreelekha, erstwhile Director General of Police, successful contention. The enactment is expected to denote the Mayor campaigner a time up of the elections.
Published - December 22, 2025 07:25 p.m. IST
