Key Highlights
- The former Congress MLA had won by a narrow margin from the Kowdiar ward in the recently conducted local body elections.
- ‘ The UDF will also field Mary Pushpam, who has served as a councillor in the past few terms, for the Deputy Mayor post.
- The front had put up an improved showing this time around, winning 19 seats, as it reversed the downward trend witnessed in the previous two elections.
- However, the Mayoral fight will be largely symbolic considering the numbers in the 101-member council.
- Two days ago, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had decided to field R. P.
