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Campaign ends without ‘kottikkalasam’ in Kozhikode
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Candidates will now engage in silent campaign on Monday
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NDA workers during the final leg of their campaign near the Kozhikode beach on Sunday evening. | Photo Credit:
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Candidates will now engage in silent campaign on Monday
Last-minute fireworks were missing. Neither there were many clashes between party workers that the adrenaline rush usually leads to.
But excitement was nevertheless at its peak at the Kozhikode beach when the public campaign for the Assembly polls drew to a close in the district on Sunday evening.
Just a day left for voting, workers and candidates will now engage in silent campaign on Monday. Though it was expected that the number of workers will be less in view of the ban on ‘kottikkalasam’, hordes of people participated in the last leg in style. Campaign songs blared loudly from vehicles as vote seeking reached its zenith. COVID social proto
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