LJD sees CPI(M) betrayal in Kalpetta, Vadakara
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Candidates had unsuccessfully contested from rival camp last time
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Candidates had unsuccessfully contested from rival camp last time
Embarrassed by the outcome of the Assembly polls, the top leadership of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has pinned the blame on the local cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] for the defeat of its candidates in Kalpetta and Vadakara Assembly segments.
Apart from many factors that led to the loss of these two sitting seats of the Left Democratic Front, a senior functionary of the party said that the local CPI(M) workers had been dispirited by the candidacies of State president M.V. Shreyams Kumar and Kozhikode district president Manayath Chandran in Kalpetta and Vadakara respectively. Both had unsuccessfully contested from these constituencies as Janata Dal (United) nominees in the Congress-led United Democratic Front camp the last time.
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CPI(M) accuses BJP, JIH of helping UDF in Kozhikode
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AAA The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) overtly and covertly helped the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates in Kozhikode district.
A statement said here on Monday that the vote share of the BJP came down in two Assembly constituencies, Vadakara and Koduvally, which were won by the UDF-backed Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) respectively.
In the 2020 local body polls, the BJP secured 18,555 votes in the district panchayat division of Vadakara. But now the party candidate got only 10,225 votes. Likewise, in the 2016 Assembly polls, the BJP received 13,410 votes in Vadakara segment.
BJP, JIH helped UDF, claims CPI(M)
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The Communist Party of India ( Marxist) [CPI-M] has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) overtly and covertly helped the Congress- led United Democratic Front candidates of the Assembly polls in Kozhikode district.
A statement said in Kozhikode that the vote-share of the BJP came down in two assembly constituencies - Vadakara and Koduvally - which were won by the UDF backed Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) respectively.
In the 2020 local body polls, the BJP secured 18,555 votes in the district panchayat division of Vadakara. But now the party candidate got only 10,225 votes. Likewise , in the 2016 assembly polls, the BJP received 13, 410 votes in Vadakara segment.