Kochi, Nov. 3 -- Congress leader and former MLA KS Sabarinathan will lead the party's campaign for the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation polls as its mayoral candidate, senior leader K Muraleedharan announced on Sunday.

The party also announced the names of 48 candidates including Sabarinathan for the polls. The State Election Commission is yet to notify the polls though they are expected to be held in November-December.

42-year-old Sabarinathan, son of late Speaker G Karthikeyan and an MLA from Aruvikkara between 2015 and 2021, will contest the municipal corporation polls for the first time.

Sabarinathan's candidacy is being used by the party to leverage its campaign for power in the 101-member Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corp...