LDF wins bypolls to 4 wards in district
The Hindu
CPI(M) wins Vettucaud, Edakkode, Pothencode and CPI in in Ponnamchundu
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) triumphed in the byelections held to four local body wards in the district.
The CPI(M) retained its grip on the Vettucaud ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation as well as the two block panchayat wards - Edakkode in Chirayinkeezhu block and Pothencode in Pothencode block.
The CPI wrested the Ponnamchundu ward in the Vithura grama panchayat from the Congress, according to the State Election Commission.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists