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CPM mouthpiece Deshabhimani has reported that UDF and WPI will back each other in as many as 111 wards.
The show-cause notices, issued on November 12 but received by the recipients only three days ago, do not require personal appearance.
Satheesan alleged that CPM would settle this case with BJP.
Thaliparamba election sees CPM women candidates in Anthoor municipality becoming viral sensations through a dance reel.
The UDF has approached the State Election Commission seeking the removal of the Returning Officer, alleging partisan behaviour.
The case dates back to August 1, 2012, when the CPM called a statewide protest against the arrest of then CPM district secretary P Jayarajan in the Ariyil Shukoor murder case.
These protesters, once targeted, now spearhead the UDF's campaign in CPM strongholds, shaking the political landscape.
The Congress-led UDF alleges that CPM workers went door to door, threatening those who proposed its candidates in these panchayats.
Former journalist and political observer N P Chekkutty noted that while such situations are not new to Kerala politics, they raise important questions about the standards parties choose to uphold.
Kannur: If the CPM’s version is to be believed, the Congress in Anthoor municipality has suddenly transformed into a ruthless force capable of intimidating a retired Armyman, its own party office-bearer, and even a plywood-factory worker into seconding its candidates. That was the familiar
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