Tale of the Congress’ ‘surprise candidate’ in Kozhikode

The Congress which brought successful filmmaker V.M. Vinu arsenic a “surprise candidate” and a mayoral aspirant successful the elections to the Kozhikode Corporation has recovered retired that his sanction does not fig connected the last voters’ database published connected Sunday.

As per rules, candidates for the section assemblage polls should person their names enrolled onto the voters’ database of wards/division from wherever they are readying to contest. Mr. Vinu, manager of the Mohanlal-starrer blockbuster Balettan and Mammootty’s Vesham, among others, was astir apt the lone movie property successful the candidates’ database of the large governmental fronts successful the State. The Congress was readying to tract him from the Kallai ward and Mr. Vinu had already begun his run successful style. He had besides told the media that helium would usage the accidental to bash thing for the metropolis with which helium has had an affectional attachment.

Mr. Vinu had expressed his privation to rejuvenate the Kallai river, immortalised successful galore movies and songs, astir which erstwhile thrived a prosperous timber industry. The Kozhikode District Congress Committee has present decided to lodge a ailment with the District Collector and record a petition successful the Kerala High Court against the exclusion of Mr. Vinu’s name, calling it different lawsuit of “vote theft”.