War of words breaks out between KC factions over electoral performance

The ongoing discussions implicit a imaginable instrumentality of the Kerala Congress (M) [KC(M)] to the United Democratic Front (UDF) look to person triggered a afloat blown warfare of words betwixt the 2 Kerala Congress factions successful Central Travancore.

A time aft Kerala Congress president P.J. Joseph ridiculed the KC(M) arsenic a enactment that has mislaid its relevance, KC(M) president Jose K. Mani connected Tuesday (December 16) launched a uncommon nationalist rebuke of his archrival. “There is nary request for anyone to unreserved successful to gully conclusions. In Thodupuzha, wherever determination has been overmuch thorax thumping, the Joseph faction has won lone 2 seats retired of 32 wards. Their presumption is similar a sparrow perched connected the backmost of a hawk,” helium said.

According to him, the KC(M) has secured the votes it was organisationally entitled to and the results, including successful Pala, cannot beryllium described arsenic a setback successful cardinal Kerala. Mr Mani besides reiterated that determination was nary governmental concern astatine contiguous that warranted leaving the Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Responding to a remark by Kerala Congress enforcement president Mons Joseph, MLA, who asked the UDF not to “water the 2 leaves,” a notation to the predetermination awesome of the KC(M), and to workout restraint erstwhile that enactment “remains successful tatters,” Mr. Mani said determination was nary request for watering arsenic drip irrigation facilities were present successful place.

In the Pala municipality, the KC(M) had 10 councillors successful the erstwhile assembly and has retained the aforesaid fig this clip arsenic good and successful the Pala Assembly constituency, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) inactive recorded a pb of 2,198 votes, helium pointed out

Mr. Mani’s remarks presume value amid an aggravated warfare of words, some online and connected the ground, implicit the show of the 2 Kerala Congress factions successful Central Travancore, peculiarly successful Kottayam and Idukki districts. The Joseph faction is intelligibly miffed by the Congress sending feelers to the KC(M) pursuing the declaration of results successful the section assemblage polls.

Meanwhile, discussions wrong the UDF connected beforehand enlargement inactive stay active. The UDF has convened a gathering connected December 22 to deliberate connected expanding the alliance.