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CPI(M) man to head Kasaragod panchayat

Staff Reporter

KASARAGOD: M.V. Balakrishnan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was elected president of the 16-member Kasaragod district panchayat on Thursday.

In the district panchayat, the LDF-Indian National League-Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) combine has eight votes, while the United Democratic Front (UDF) has seven and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) one.

Congress member in the district panchayat Prabhakara Chowta was unable to cast his vote in the election. He met with an accident in the morning and was hospitalised.

The vote cast by the lone BJP member was found invalid. Mr. Balakrishnan obtained eight votes in the election while his rival M.C. Kamaruddin of the IUML got six votes.

District Collector Minhaj Alam administered the oath to Mr. Balakrishnan.

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