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Kozhikode – From the ‘gas cylinder’, which is a bad thing in the country in the wake of the Iran conflict, to the ‘chakka’, which is easily seen in any ward during the month of Pisces. The symbols allotted to the candidates in Kozhikode district are full of diversity.
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∙ TP’s memory in the RMP symbol
UDF-backed RMP candidate KK Rama got ‘football’ symbol last time, but this time ‘Television’ symbol was allowed. TP Chandrasekaran, who came out of CPM, first contested as RMP candidate on ‘Television’ symbol. In Vadakara, RMP followers cherish this symbol as a reminder of T.P.
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RMP had a football symbol in the last local elections as well as in the previous assembly elections. Months ago, RMP made huge inroads in the wards of Vadakara by contesting on the football symbol. In Vadakara, LDF candidate MK Bhaskaran of RJD got the party symbol ‘Rantal’ itself.
∙ ‘Gas Cylinder’ for PV Anwar
PV Anwar, an independent candidate from Beypur, got a ‘gas cylinder’ as his symbol. PV Anwar is an independent contesting in Beypur with the support of UDF against Minister PA Muhammad Riaz.
∙ ‘Glass’ is lost in Devarkov
INL state president and former minister Ahmed Devarkov, who is contesting in Kozhikode South, has lost his glass tumbler symbol. Instead, the ‘bucket’ symbol was allowed. A bucket was allotted as a symbol to PTA Rahim, a left-wing candidate from Kunnamangalam and Salim Madavoor, a left-wing candidate from Koduvalli.
∙ ‘Clock’ changed front in Elathur
LDF candidate from Elathur, Minister AK Sasindran, lost his clock, which was his symbol last time, this time it was controversial. The Election Commission has given the NCP-S the ‘Trumpet Man’ symbol at the national level. The opposing candidate, PK Saseendran of NCP (Ajith) wing, was allowed ‘clock’. LDF filed a complaint against this but it was not considered. The clock is the national symbol of the Ajit Pawar sect. But with the split of the party, both sides are fighting for the symbol in the Supreme Court.
∙ ‘Chakka’ for Twenty20 in Tiruvambadi
Sunny Thomas, the Twenty20 candidate from Thiruvampadi, was allotted the party symbol of the jackfruit. When Giri Pampanal, the BDJS candidate from Koduvalli contested last time, the symbol was ‘Mankala’. This time the symbol is ‘Coconut Tree’.
Independent candidates contesting with the support of all three fronts in the state and other independent candidates have been allotted election symbols. Thiruvananthapuram Central UDF candidate C.P. John has a ship symbol. LDF independent candidate Sudhir Karamana in the same constituency has a camera as his symbol. G. Sudhakaran, an independent candidate supported by the UDF in Ambalapuzha, has a coconut plantation as his symbol. TK Govindan, an independent candidate in Thaliparam, was given a gas cylinder as his symbol. Palakkad LDF independent candidate NMR Razak is the Kudam symbol. LDF independent candidate Bhagat Rufus from Kovalam has been given grape as symbol and independent candidate V Kunhikrishnan from Payyannur has been given electric pole as symbol.
