Kerala: LDF Wins 16 of 32 Wards in Local Body Bypolls, UDF Comes Second with 11 It also attained a majority in the Piravom municipality in Ernakulam district by winning the Idappallichira ward. (File photo/News18)Of the remaining 5 wards, one was bagged by BJPled NDA and four by independent candidates, according to the results declared
The BJP has called for changing the name of Sulthan Bathery town in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, arguing that it was originally known as Ganapathivattom before Tipu Sultan s invasion of the Malabar region two centuries ago. BJP state president K Surendran, contesting against Rahul Gandhi and Annie Raja in Wayanad, raised the issue, stating that the town should be called by its original name. He criticized Congress and LDF for referring to it as Sulthan Bathery, highlighting Tipu Sultan s historical invasion and conversion of people in Kerala.
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The LDF campaign for its candidate Pannian Raveendran has not been very impactful, Tharoor remarked. While acknowledging that the BJP is doing well with the campaign for its candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Congress leader, however, said, "It does not mean that everything they say is the truth."