Vadakara, a socialist bastion with Marxist vote base
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The constituency has never elected a non-Left candidate to the Assembly
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The constituency has never elected a non-Left candidate to the Assembly
A fortress of socialist parties that has a strong Marxist support base. Vadakara constituency in Kozhikode district is one of the few segments in the State that has never elected a non-Left candidate to the Assembly. It remains to be seen if the record will be rewritten this time.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has offered the seat to its socialist ally, Loktantrik Janata Dal, snatching it away from another socialist group, Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S), whose leader C.K. Nanu had defeated Manayath Chandran of the Janata Dal (United) in 2016. The JD(U), the LJD’s former avatar, was part of the United Democratic Front (UDF) then. Ironically, Mr. Chandran, LJD Kozhikode district president, is a front-runner for the seat now.
Harinder Kaur Bindu, whose father Megh Raj Bhagtuana was killed by alleged Babbar Khalsa International militants in 1991, now leads protests against the new farm regime at Tikri as head of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan).
The Jamhoori Kisan Sabha is one of the main groups at the Singhu protest. Its president Kulwant Singh Sandhu, who was part of the failed talks with the Centre, was shot in the leg and back in an ambush by suspected Khalistan Commando Force members in 1988.
Sonia Mann, a film star in south India and Punjab, has been a regular visitor to the protests and to Tihar jail where several peasants have been imprisoned following the violence during the farmers’ January 26 march in Delhi. Mann’s father Baldev Singh Mann was assassinated by suspected separatists in 1990 while he was travelling to see her for the first time, just 15 days after her birth.
Varied permutations at Vadakara
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CPI(M) may not give seat to ‘socialist’ partner; Cong. likely to back RMP
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CPI(M) may not give seat to ‘socialist’ partner; Cong. likely to back RMP
The candidature profile of the Vadakara Assembly segment, mostly socialist, is likely to change with the Congress and the CPI(M) pitching for their own nominees in the forthcoming Assembly polls.
In the 2016 polls, the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Janata Dal (United) were in a direct contest, from the LDF and the UDF camps respectively. But now, both entities are with the LDF and are making moves to get the seat.
Presidents take oath in 70 grama panchayats
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LDF nominees to head 44 local bodies in Kozhikode district
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LDF nominees to head 44 local bodies in Kozhikode district
The presidents and vice presidents of 70 grama panchayats took the oath of office in Kozhikode district on Wednesday.
At the end of political negotiations and strategic alliance, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) nominees emerged as heads in 44 out of the 70 grama panchayats.
When Communist Party of India (Marxist) nominees took the majority of 42 posts, Kunnamangalam and Cheruvannur panchayat were given to Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) as part of the political understanding within the Left Democratic Front (LDF).