UDF loses power in Kottayam municipality
The Hindu
All 8 BJP members support LDF motion
Just ten days after it was uprooted from power in Erattupetta, the United Democratic Front (UDF) on Friday lost one more municipality with a no-trust motion against its chairperson getting passed in the Kottayam municipality.
The no-trust motion against municipal chairperson Bincy Sebastian, moved by the Left Democratic Front (LDF), received 29 votes, including those of the eight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors. The UDF members abstained from the proceedings while the vote cast by one of the LDF members became invalid.
In the 52-member council, both the LDF and the UDF have 22 members each while the remaining eight belong to the BJP. The UDF had come to power in the municipality through a draw of lots.