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UDF is reportedly riding on anti-incumbency waves against state and Union governments to overcome Sudhakaran's shortcomings.
The UDF's dip in vote share to 43 per cent will put it in a neck-and-neck race with the LDF.
Sitting MP K Sudhakaran has had trouble with namesakes in the past.
CPM has alleged protocol violation as local MLA Kadannappalli Ramachandran was not present at the event.
Jain Raj accused a DYFI leader of links with a gold smuggling gang and used an objectionable term to smear him.
The state committee member has disowned CPM's rogue activists of Thillankeri -- accused in the Shuhaib murder -- telling them their path is different to that of the party.
The Central Committee is the apex decision-making body of the left party. The Politburo on the other hand is empowered with making day-to-day political decisions, which must be ratified by the Committee.
Charting the future course of the party, the CPM Kannur district conference excluded all leaders aged above 75 - without any exception - from the district committee, a first in the history of the organisation.
Health Minister KK Shailaja and CPM central committee member MV Govindan visited the hospital.