Kerala: Cong to support ex-Left leader’s widow in Vadakara
By IANS| Published: 12th March 2021 7:24 pm IST
Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 : In what could be a crucial face-off that has started shaping up at the Vadakara assembly constituency of Kozhikode district, K.K. Rema of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) will contest the April 6 polls, just like the Congress wanted.
Rema is the widow of murdered RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekheran, who was earlier with the CPI-M. The fifty-one-year-old Chandrasekheran who had launched the RMP, was hacked 51 times by assailants on May 4, 2012 when he was returning home on his motorcycle in his hometown near Kozhikode.
Kerala PCC president Mullappally Ramachandran, leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters in Delhi that the party will be putting up candidates in 91 seats and candidates have been unanimously finalised in 81 segments.
Rema is the widow of murdered RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekheran, who was earlier with the CPI-M. The fifty-one-year-old Chandrasekheran who had launched the RMP, was hacked 51 times by assailants on May 4, 2012 when he was returning home on his motorcycle in his hometown near Kozhikode.In t
This comes at a time when the constituent partners of Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) have gone ahead and declared their candidates. The Congress is expected to announce its final list by Sunday.
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