Bringing an end to months-long speculations about his party’s future, Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K. Mani has announced that the faction led by him was joining the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Jose K. Mani announced the crucial political move, which changes the decades-long alliance equations in the state, at a press conference in Kottayam.
“We have decided to cooperate with the LDF,” he said.
Jose K. Mani also announced that he would resign the Rajya Sabha MP post which he won as a UDF candidate. “Though the Kerala Congress deserves the MP’s post, I’m quitting it to uphold political morality,” he said.
In a bid to give an ideological colour to the move to join the LDF, Jose K. Mani said the Left front was successful in fighting communal forces which are on the rise in the state. He also said that the party would keep protecting the interests of the farmers in the state.
Jose K. Mani’s faction was ousted from the Congress-led UDF following the dispute over the post of the Kottayam district panchayat president.
