The president of Left Democratic Front (LDF)-ruled Ramankary grama panchayat in Kuttanad, Alappuzha was voted out of office through a no-confidence motion on Tuesday.
Panchayat president R. Rajendrakumar of the CPI (M), who was at loggerheads with the party for the past several months, was ousted when four of the nine CPI(M) members in the local body joined four United Democratic Front (UDF) members to vote in support of the no-trust motion. The no-confidence motion was passed with eight votes against five in the 13-member panchayat.
Panchayat vice president Kunjumol Sivadas, an ally of Mr. Rajendrakumar, was also unseated from the post in a no-confidence motion against her.
