‘Surprise’ over two candidates remains as Cong. presents rest of its panel for Kochi Corporation

The suspense implicit the candidates for 2 divisions of the Kochi Corporation—Cheralayi and Ravipuram—remained unresolved connected Friday (November 14, 2025), contempt the Congress’ assurance that the names would beryllium revealed wrong a day.

The candidates were missing erstwhile Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan presented the party’s candidates astatine the District Congress Committee (DCC) bureau connected Friday. The Congress has already announced candidates for 62 of the 76 divisions successful the Corporation done 2 abstracted lists. The archetypal database contained 40 names, followed by different database of 22 candidates connected Thursday (November 13, 2025).

Announcing the 2nd list, DCC president Muhammed Shiyas described the determination to permission retired candidates for 2 wards arsenic a “surprise,” though the names of BJP dissident and six-time councillor Shyamala S. Prabhu and erstwhile Congress Mayor Soumini Jain had been circulating for Cheralayi and Ravipuram divisions respectively.

Presenting the candidates, Mr. Satheesan said the Kochi Corporation should beryllium the archetypal section assemblage the enactment wins erstwhile the results are declared. “We person the governmental instauration successful the Corporation country to triumph 50 to 55 seats, and that excessively by a immense majority. We should beryllium capable to equine an effectual run to decision the LDF’s misleading narrative,” helium added.

Mr. Satheesan alleged that nary different authorities had destroyed the State to this extent. He said the LDF governing committee successful the Corporation had been reaping the benefits of the ₹2,000 crore secured nether the SmartCity task by the UDF committee led by erstwhile Mayor Tony Chammany betwixt 2010 and 2015.

Earlier, Mr. Shiyas urged Congress candidates to combat until the “last limb successful their armoury” was exhausted to guarantee that the enactment wrested backmost power of the Corporation, which it mislaid betwixt the cupful and the articulator 5 years ago.

Meanwhile, the Indian Union Muslim League returned part 41, reserved for Scheduled Tribe woman, to the Congress. The enactment volition tract Divya Rajesh from the seat.