THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bellheaven home at Nettayam talks politics these days. The topic is nothing new to this house and only the quota has doubled as the husband-wife couple here begins the day campaigning for local body polls. The husband is sitting councillor of Nettayam ward M R Rajeev, who is a BJP candidate for the Vazhottukonam ward nearby. The seat in Nettayam has his wife Sindhu Rajeev contesting. Rajeev has an added advantage of being the people’s representative when this ward was part of the panchayat. Wife Sindhu, though a newbie on the political scene, is pinning hopes on her being a familiar face among the women voters as she has been a Kudumbashree chairperson at the place for 15 years. M R Rajeev; Sindhu Rajeev with her mother Prasannakumari | Express In Nemom, winning the seat is a matter of pride and prestige. The ward is witnessing a neck-and-neck race between UDF and BJP. The present councillor of Ponnumangalam ward BJP’s M R Gopan has shifted to Nemom and has fielded his wife Sindhu Gopan from Ponnumangalam. Long-time employees’ leader Kaimanam Prabhakaran is the candidate for UDF, whose efforts will be to retain the existing seat for the party. Sindhu was secretary of NSS Mahila Samajam in Melamcode. Both these wards have over 7,000 voters.

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