It was a get-together of a different kind of the candidates for the upcoming local body elections, at the Shanthigiri Ashram in the capital on Sunday. Without the usual loud slanging matches, more than 40 candidates from various wards and divisions participated in the event. The candidates were from the Venjaramoodu division of the district panchayat; Koliyakode division of Vamanapuram block panchayat; Theeppukal, Koliyakode, Kallikkad, Poolaanthara and Shanthigiri wards of Manikkal panchayat; Puliveedu and Pothencode town wards of Pothencode panchayat; and Nannattukaavu ward of Vembayam panchayat.