Thrissur: The Kerala local body polls delivered an unexpected result in Thrissur, where the BJP’s Muslim candidate Mumtaz secured victory in Kannankulangara, wresting the ward from the Congress..

The win is being widely seen as a breakthrough for the BJP in a corporation long dominated by the Congress and the Left, and as an outcome that underlines the party’s efforts to expand its footprint in traditionally unfavourable wards.

BJP makes inroads into Congress-held ward

Mumtaz emerged victorious from the 35th division of the Thrissur Corporation, a ward with a clear Hindu majority. Her candidature stood out as distinctive, as she was the only Muslim candidate fielded by the BJP in Thrissur for these elections.

By clinching Kannankulangara, the BJP wrested the seat from the Congress, m

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