For the first time in the history of Kozhikode Corporation, the BJP has won the post of chairperson of an important standing committee. BJP’s councilor from the Civil Station ward has been elected as the chairperson of the corporation’s standing committee on taxation.
The saffron party chlinched this victory through a draw held after an LDF member abstained from voting. In the nine-member standing committee on taxation, the party has four and the UDF has an equal number of members while the LDF has one.
As an LDF member abstained the voting, the votes were divided between the BJP and UDF equally. Hence, a draw of lots was used to determine the winner which went in favour of the BJP candidate.
Of a total of eight standing committee chairpersons, six are LDF members, one is a member of UDF while another belongs to the BJP. The Welfare Affairs Committee was captured by UDF after ten years.