Daijiworld Media Network - Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13: Former top police officer and Kerala’s first woman Director General of Police, Sreelekha, secured a victory on Saturday as a BJP candidate from the Sasthamangalam ward in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation elections, giving fresh impetus to the party’s efforts to wrest control of the civic body.

Her win comes amid an intensely competitive battle for the 101-member corporation, with the BJP, the CPI(M)-led Left Front, and the Congress-led UDF locked in a tight three-cornered contest. The BJP has projected Sreelekha’s success as both a symbolic and strategic gain in its campaign to unseat the Left from power in the state capital.

According to the latest trends, the BJP has emerged as the single largest party with 3

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