CPI demands Deputy Mayor’s post
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Party likely to propose the name of K.A. Ansiya
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Party likely to propose the name of K.A. Ansiya
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has staked claim to the post of Deputy Mayor of the Kochi Corporation.
After having won two seats in the 2015 elections, the CPI has notched the figure up to four this time, winning Mattancherry, Perumpadapu, Palarivattom, and Pottakuzhi.
“With the CPI(M) taking the post of Mayor, the CPI is entitled to the post of Deputy Mayor. That is unlikely to cause any conflict within the LDF,” said P. Raju, district secretary, CPI. With Aji Francis and Poornima Narayan, the two probable Deputy Mayor candidates of the CPI(M) having lost, the CPI is likely to suggest the name of K.A. Ansiya, the only CPI woman candidate to have won.
Shock for UDF as heavyweights taste defeat at the hustings
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Mayoral hopeful N. Venugopal and Dy. Mayor Premakumar among prominent losers
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Mayoral hopeful N. Venugopal and Dy. Mayor Premakumar among prominent losers
It did not begin well for the UDF.
The first result announced on the day came as a rude shock to the Congress, as its Mayor candidate and senior leader N. Venugopal lost the contest by one vote.
An electoral defeat in Island North, which Mr. Venugopal has always held as his home turf, was something unpalatable for the seasoned politician. Venugopal, who will turn 70 shortly, suffered defeat at the hands of a political novice, T. Padmakumari of the BJP.