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A delegation from the district committee will meet senior IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty at his residence in Vengara on Sunday to raise the demand.
On January 13, Aisha Potty, another senior CPM leader in the district and three-time Kottarakkara MLA, joined Congress.
Speaking to Onmanorama, Mampad said the party leadership would take a final call after internal discussions within the UDF.
The IUML has also alleged that the Centre is using the SIR to exclude certain sections of voters.
The victory has now come under a cloud after Somashekhara’s brother said in an audio message that a section of IUML leaders demanded and were paid ₹50,000 each to campaign for Somashekhara in four wards of Enmakaje panchayat where the Muslim League is influential.
They claimed the decision was taken unilaterally despite assurances that the matter would be discussed with allies.
In an editorial published in IUML mouthpiece 'Chandrika' on Sunday, the party said that Vellappally acts as the bridge between the CPM and the BJP.
Fathima Tahiliya, Haritha’s first general secretary and inaugural state vice-president, secured Kuttichira, an IUML stronghold, by a margin of 2,273 votes.
This identity-driven landscape has squeezed out the CPM and the Congress in the municipality.
He alleged that both moves were announced just as Kerala entered its local body election season, and were therefore 'politically motivated'.
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