Kerala polls: CPI (M) announces own candidate in Kuttiyadi after KC (M) decides to return seat

A day after the Kerala Congress (M) decided to return the Kuttiyadi assembly seat considering the political situation prevailing in the Kozhikode district, the ruling CPI(M) on Monday announced its own candidate for the Kuttiyadi seat.

A day after the Kerala Congress (M) decided to return the Kuttiyadi assembly seat considering the political situation prevailing in the Kozhikode district, the ruling CPI(M) on Monday announced its own candidate for the Kuttiyadi seat. On Wednesday, hundreds of CPI(M) leaders had taken to the streets of Kuttiyadi to protest against the party leadership's decision to offer the seat to its ally KC(M), which is an ally of the state's ruling LDF. While asking the party to retain the seat instead of handing it over to the KC (M), the protesting CPI(M) cadres said "the decision to return the seat to the CPI(M) was taken to protect the unity in the LDF,"