The CPI (M) had announced 83 candidates for the Assamese election.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) constituency committee has decided to make VJ Ramesh its candidate in Manjeswaram.
The CPI (M) had announced 83 candidates for the Assamese election. However, the party left Manjeswaram.
CPI (M) District Secretary Balakrishnan said that the decision will be communicated to the state committee and the decision will be announced by the CPI (M) state committee this evening.
The district secretariat had decided to field Shankar Rai Master as CPI (M) candidate in Manjeswaram constituency, which was reconsidered after opposition from the election committee.
Earlier, in Manjeswaram by-election, Shankar Rai was the CPI (M) candidate. However, he failed to garner the requisite votes. The CPI (M) lost the IUML and BJP candidates in the election.
The meeting of the District Secretariat concluded that Shankar Rai could not contest the re-election after opposing the decision of the Manjeshwaram Constituency Committee.
It is against this backdrop that Mr. Rai was replaced by Mr. Jayanand as his candidate. However, after the election committee leaders assessed that Mr. Jayanand could not garner Hindu votes, his name was rejected.
Subsequently, the name of Mr. Ramesan, who is a member of a district committee, was named as the former chairman of Kanhangad municipality and the state treasurer of DYFI.
The agreement was reached at a meeting of the District Secretariat yesterday and presented at a meeting of the leadership of the CPI (M) Election Committee held in Manjeshwaram on Thursday.
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