K.K. Rema likely to contest from Vadakara
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The Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) has been weighing its choices on two leaders, Ms. Rema and celebration State secretary N. Venu.
The State secretariat of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) will meet right here on Saturday to take a closing name on the candidature of K.K. Rema, spouse of slain RMP founder T.P. Chandrasekharan, in Vadakara for the Assembly polls.
The celebration has been weighing its choices on two leaders, Ms. Rema and celebration State secretary N. Venu, ever for the reason that Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) approached the RMP management to put up a typical candidate to combat the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
The United Democratic Front (UDF) most popular to again Ms. Rema within the hope of influencing voters in neighbouring Koyilandy, Kuttiyadi, Nadapuram and Kunnamangalam Assembly constituencies. The IUML-Congress mix is planning to spotlight political violence as a problem within the Kannur and Kozhikode Assembly segments. Chandrasekharan, a CPI(M) dissident, was killed by a seven-member gang at Onchiyam close to Vadakara on May 4, 2012.
Ms. Rema instructed The Puucho that she was prepared to enter the electoral fray once more and with the help of the UDF in Vadakara. “But the party also has to make a final decision,” she mentioned. The UDF had labored out an electoral understanding with the RMP within the native physique polls held in December.
The nine-member State secretariat of the RMP was to meet final week, however the assembly had to be known as off as Ms. Rema examined constructive for SARS-CoV-2 and was admitted to a personal hospital in Kozhikode metropolis.
Ms. Rema had contested unsuccessfully within the Assembly polls in 2016, securing over 20,000 votes. She then had to face the nominees of socialist rivals — Janata Dal (S) within the LDF and the Janata Dal (United) within the UDF. The seat was gained by C.K. Nanu of JD(S) by a margin of over 9,500 votes.
She additionally had to face two different candidates with the identical identify. One of them even had the identical initials, K.K., whereas the opposite had T.P. as initials. All the three contested as Independents as RMP was not a recognised State celebration.
Now, the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), which has been inducted into the LDF fold, has been provided the Vadakara seat, and the celebration has determined to subject its district president Manayath Chandran.
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