The election to the Mayor post of the city Corporation will be held at 11 a.m on Monday morning, while that for the Deputy Mayor post will be held in the afternoon. The Left Democratic Front, which has 52 seats in the 100-member Corporation council, had earlier declared 21-year old Arya Rajendran as their Mayor candidate. The election to the Deputy Mayor post will be held at 2 p.m. The LDF will be fielding Pattom ward councillor P.K.Raju as its candidate, while UDF will be fielding Akkulam ward councillor S.Sureshkumar. The BJP has decided to field Simi Jyothish, who headed the tax appeal standing committee in the previous council, as the Mayor candidate and Palkulangara ward councillor P.Ashokkumar as the Deputy Mayor candidate.

Source: The Hindu December 27, 2020 18:35 UTC