LDF boycots Kochi Corporation’s Onasadya, stages sit-in protest with buns over alleged undemocratic ways

The opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) has launched what it described as a protracted protest against what it termed the “undemocratic” methods of the United Democratic Front (UDF)-led Kochi Corporation council, boycotting the Onasadya hosted by the civic body at its headquarters here to mark the conclusion of the week-long Onam celebrations on Saturday (August 22, 2026).

Twenty of the 22 LDF councillors staged a sit-in in front of the Corporation office even as the Onasadya was being served, opting instead for a frugal lunch of bun to register their protest. The demonstration sought to highlight the council’s arbitrary decisions to withdraw subsidy for biomedical waste collection from households and to allocate land to a private company for setting up a waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram without inviting Expressions of Interest.