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Kerala Election: SDPI Will Become Force to Reckon with
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One of the important features of Kerala’s local bodies election to be held in two phases on Saturday and Monday is the strong presence of newly formed political party, Social Democratic Party of India SDPI). As the campaign for the first stage of the local body election campaign drew to a close on Thursday, SDPI has succeeded in making its presence felt in almost all parts of the state with political campaigns outshining the major political fronts, UDF and LDF.
In seven districts- Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod-, that go to the polls on Saturday, SDPI has fielded more than one thousand own candidates and most of them are nurturing winning possibilities. As many as 9,238 seats are up for grabs in these districts.
These elections into local bodies which were described as a dress rehearsal for the 2011 Assembly polls, the parties are engaged in pitched battles. With the strong support base among Muslims and dalits, SDPI can pose a strong challenge to others. In districts like Thiruvananthapuram SDPI has entered in poll alliance with BSP.
Right from the beginning SDPI was in the forefront of election campaign. And young candidates fielded by the party could reach along with other experienced parties. The political messages they have put forward, like ‘people’s panchayath’, ‘power to people’- have gone too well with the people.
Party leaders are of the opinion that the discontent among the people against the anti people policies of state and central governments would turn the voters towards SDPI.
SDPI general secretary P Abdul Majeed Faizy said that popular base of the party would get much stronger by the local body elections in Kerala. The party is contesting alone in around 2500 wards all over the state.
He said that both fronts were trying to divert the attention of people from the real issues like price rise by creating controversies. No party is trying to understand common man’s problems. Both fronts follow an anti-people policy. The ruling class receives money from private monopolies and work for them. SDPI will fight against this kind of anti people attitude of the parties and governments. He also said that SPDI was focusing more on villages than big cities. In this election it will become a party gathering most number of votes by facing the elections on its own.
Polling would be held in seven districts comprising 9238 wards--7186 Gram Panchayats, 878 Block panchayats, 154 district panchayats, 790 Muncipalities and 230 City Corporations. The Largest number of voters is in Thiruvananthapuram district with 23.66 lakh voters.
More than one lakh staff would be deployed for election duty for the polls in seven districts. Electronic voting machines would be used in Municipalities and Corporation wards while ballot boxes would be used in panchayats.
Election for the remaining seven districts-Alappuzha, Idukki, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram would be held on October 25. Counting of votes would be on October 27.
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