Thrissur, Kerala: An unusual electoral showdown is unfolding in Mala Panchayat’s Kottamury Ward 11, where two Congress leaders from the same household have filed nomination papers to contest against each other.

On Friday, Leo George, vice president of the Congress Mala Mandalam committee, entered the fray against his younger brother Geo George, the Mala Mandalam committee president and the official Congress candidate. Both leaders reside in different wards.

Geo George is a member of the Mala Panchayat and leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party. Meanwhile, there are indications that discussions are underway in the party to withdraw one of them.

Meanwhile, in Thrissur's Panjal Thekkumuri Ward 12, voters face a rare family contest. Three members of the Vadakkepattu family are contestin

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