Battle lines drawn in Kozhikode
The Hindu
With the Congress and the National Democratic Alliance declaring their candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls, battle lines have been drawn in Kozhikode district, where some high-profile electoral fights are expected this time. The only thing that remains is the CPI(M)’s declaration of a candidate from Kuttiyadi.
The Congress is fighting from five seats here. The candidates are Kerala Students Union president K.M. Abhijith (Kozhikode North), actor Dharmajan Bolgatty (Balussery), Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) secretary K. Praveen Kumar (Nadapuram), and KPCC general secretaries P.M. Niyas and N. Subrahmanian from Beypore and Koyilandy, respectively. The BJP will field nominees from 13 seats. They are party State general secretary M.T. Ramesh (Kozhikode North), party district president V.K. Sajeevan (Kunnamangalam), party former district president T.P. Jayachandran (Elathur), Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha former State president K.P. Prakash Babu (Beypore), Kozhikode Corporation councillor Navya Haridas (Kozhikode South), M. Rajesh Kumar (Vadakara), P.P. Murali (Kuttiyadi), Libin Bhaskar (Balussery), M.P. Radhakrishnan, (Koyilandy), K.V. Sudheer (Perambra), T. Balasoman (Koduvally), M.P. Rajan (Nadapuram), and Baby Ambatt (Thiruvambady).
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