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The United Democratic Front (UDF) won the elections to the chairperson posts of 7 lasting committees successful the Kochi Corporation, portion the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested unsuccessfully for the posts successful 5 and 2 committees respectively.
Seena Gokulan of the UDF was elected chairperson of the Health Standing Committee, defeating Beena Mahesh of the LDF by six votes to three. T.K. Asharaf of the UDF was elected chairperson of the Public Works Committee, defeating K.J. Basil of the LDF by the aforesaid margin.
Antony Painuthara of the UDF was elected chairperson of the Welfare Standing Committee, defeating M.P. Shanthini by six votes to three. In the predetermination to the Town Planning Committee, P.M. Nazeema of the UDF won with 5 votes against the 4 secured by LDF’s Nisha Joseph.
K.A. Manaf of the UDF defeated Pravitha Vijayakumar of the BJP by six votes to two, portion the LDF abstained from voting. Jismi Jerald of the UDF was elected chairperson of the Education and Sports Standing Committee, defeating Suhana Subair of the LDF and T. Padmakumari of the BJP, who secured 2 votes each. Shakrutha Sureshbabu of the UDF was elected chairperson of the Development Standing Committee, defeating Brijith Aashwin of the LDF by six votes to three, portion the BJP abstained from voting.
Later, erstwhile asked wherefore Deepthi Mary Varghese, a subordinate of the Health Standing Committee, was overlooked for the station of chairperson, Mayor V.K. Minimol sidestepped the question, stating that it was for the enactment to decide. No predetermination was held for the Finance Standing Committee, arsenic by normal the Deputy Mayor serves arsenic its chairperson. Additional District Magistrate Vinod Raj acted arsenic the returning officer.
Last week, lasting committee members were selected done information alternatively than election, arsenic the UDF had the numerical spot to unafraid a bulk successful each committees. In the 76-member council, the UDF holds 47 seats, the LDF 22, and the BJP six.
The Finance, Development, and Welfare Committees each person 10 members, portion the Health, Works, Town Planning, Tax Appeal, and Education and Sports Committees comprise 9 members each.
The UDF allotted 3 slots each to the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) successful the Finance, Works, and Tax Appeal Committees, and 1 to the Kerala Congress successful the Health Committee. The BJP nominated 2 members each to the Tax Appeal and Education Committees, and 1 each to the Development and Welfare Committees.
The UDF secured 7 members to the LDF’s 3 successful the Finance Committee. The Development and Welfare Committees person six members each from the UDF, 3 each from the LDF, and 1 each from the BJP. The Health and Works Committees comprise six members each from the UDF and 3 each from the LDF. The Town Planning Committee has 5 members from the UDF and 4 from the LDF. The Tax Appeal Committee includes six members from the UDF, 1 from the LDF, and 2 from the BJP. The Education and Sports Committee has 5 members from the UDF and 2 each from the LDF and BJP.
