Kozhikode: VM Vinu, UDF’s mayoral nominee for the Kozhikode Corporation, does not appear in the 2020 voters list, contradicting the Congress’s claim that his omission was part of a political conspiracy.

Both Vinu and the Congress continue to insist that he voted in the 2020 local body elections, even though his name is missing from the electoral roll for that year. Vinu still says that he cast his ballot at Booth No. 4 in the corporation’s Eighth Division, a claim supported by Congress councillors and residents. He says he has lived in the area for 20 years and voted just before leaving for Ernakulam that day. Rajesh, the local councillor, also backs this, saying Vinu arrived early in the morning when the queue was shorter.

During the 2020 polls, CPM Kozhikode district secretary M. Mehbo

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