Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) is making a desperate bid to wrest the Trikaripur assembly seat from the CPIM which has been wining the seat since 1977. However, the emergence of the Democratic Development Front (DDF) floated by the breakaway Congress group mat dent the prospects of the UDF. East Eleri, the only panchayat ruled by the Congress, is now under the control of the DDF.
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