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‘Stickler to coalition dharma’, CPM gifts Rajya Sabha seat to KC(M)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Taking a cue from the Lok Sabha election results in the state, the CPM appeared to take a more considerate line towards its allies by dropping its claim to a Rajya Sabha seat. Party supremo Jose K Mani is KC’s candidate and state assistant secretary P P Suneer is CPI’s nominee. The LDF meeting in the state capital on …

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress’ official organ Veekshanam looked set to trigger a political whirlwind on Wednesday morning with an editorial urging the party’s erstwhile ally, the Kerala Congress, to return to the UDF fold. Testing the waters in view of an expected dispute within the LDF over the Rajya Sabha seat, the Congress organ advised KC to come back to its old …

Jose K. Mani, chairman of the Kerala Congress, a constituent of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala, also serves as one of the campaign managers of the INDIA bloc at the national level. The KC is locked in a tight fight with Kerala Congress, which is part of the United Democratic Front, to retain the Kottayam seat in the 2024 …

KC(M) to stake claim for Rajya Sabha seat for Jose K Mani

KOCHI: After its demand for a second seat in the coming Lok Sabha elections was turned down by the LDF, the Kerala Congress plans to stake claim for a Rajya Sabha seat for party chairman Jose K Mani, whose tenure will expire in July. Political analysts feel the KC demanded an extra seat besides its sitting seat of Kottayam in …

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Piravom, is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha seat in Cochin region and Ernakulam district of Kerala. In the 2011 Kerala Assembly elections, there were a total of 1,76,352 eligible electors, of which 87,519 were male, 88,783 female and voters of the third gender. PAST WINNERS/MLAS: In the 2016 Kerala Assembly elections, Anoop Jacob of KECJ won in this seat by defeating M.J.Jacob …

After court battles and slugfests at the local body level, the raging contest between the Kerala Congress parties is now all set to be played out in the Assembly elections. While the Kerala Congress led by Jose K Mani, which had switched sides to the LDF, will be contesting in 13 seats, the break-away faction led by PJ Joseph is …

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Congress may claim Kerala Congress (M) seats

KOTTAYAM: The split has reduced the bargaining power of the Kerala Congress in the UDF, and the Congress party might now stake a claim for some of its seats like Ettumanoor and Poonjar. In Ettumanoor seat, KCM leader Thomas Chazhikadan had lost two times consecutively, and in Poonjar, where sitting MLA P.C. George is facing the wrath of his traditional …

PJ Joseph bent on Kottayam seat

KOTTAYAM: Kerala Congress working chairman P.J. Joseph, who has been harping on two Lok Sabha seats, may be given the Kottayam seat to avoid a split in the party. With the Congress rejecting the KC demand, Mr Joseph has queered the pitch and said that he will contest from Kottayam. The Congress has made it clear that the Rajya Sabha …

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Kottayam: With Kerala Congress working chairman P.J. Joseph sticking his neck out and raising the possibility of a split in the party demanding a second Lok Sabha seat, moves are afoot to pacify him. A section of party leaders feels that Mr Joseph should be given a seat even if the UDF rejects the demand for a second seat to …

Kottayam: The Kerala Congress, which has staked its claim to two Lok Sabha seats, is faced with a dearth of suitable candidates. Besides Kottayam, which was represented by Mr Jose K. Mani, who has become a Rajya Sabha member, the party is eyeing the Idukki or Chalakkudy seat. Mr Jose K. Mani, who became a Rajya Sabha member after vacating …