Setback For UDF In Kerala Local Body Bypoll

Another setback came in Palakkad, where Sumesh Achuthan, the UDF MLA who had vacated the Paruthikavu ward of Chittoor-Thathamangalam municipality to contest the Assembly polls, saw the seat go to the LDF’s V. Thulaseedharan. Both candidates polled 433 votes each, and Thulaseedharan won through a draw of lots