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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) has
issued the following statement:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Victory in Kerala<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The CPI(M) congratulates the people
of Kerala for having voted the LDF to victory in the elections to the local
bodies. This verdict is a popular rejection of the UDF government’s
anti-people record and corruption. The people have also rebuffed the communal
politics of the BJP and its efforts to rally leaders of caste-based
organisations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The LDF has registered success in
the various levels of the local bodies. It has won 545 out of the 938 gram
panchayats declared so far; 91 out of the 152 block samitis and 7 out of the 14
zilla panchayats. Of the urban municipalities, the LDF has won 44 out of 86; of
the six corporations, the LDF has won outright 3, it has emerged as the largest
block in one and in another there is a tie. The UDF has won only one
corporation outright. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Polit Bureau conveys its warm
greetings to all the workers and activists of the CPI(M) and the LDF for this
well-earned victory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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