CPI(M) to press for JD (S), LJD merger
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To stop the potential wrangling over seat allocation amongst its allies within the Assembly polls subsequent yr , the CPI(M) has pushed for a speedy motion of the proposed merger of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) and the Janata Dal (Secular) within the State.
As a observe up to the sooner talks which remained deadlocked, it’s learnt {that a} nine-member committee comprising senior leaders of the 2 events will meet in Kochi on Sunday. Incidentally, the assembly comes forward of the three-tier native our bodies polls in December.
A senior occasion functionary stated that the merger of those two events that are a part of the Left Democratic Front ( LDF) was needed for the graceful allocation of seats after the inclusion of the faction led by Jose {K}. Mani of the Kerala Congress (M) within the CPI (M)-led coalition. As such it was straightforward to allocate seats to a single entity quite than sharing seats to two events.
In the 2016 Assembly polls, the LJD, which was then JD (U) had contested seven seats on the Congress-led UDF platform and drawn a clean whereas the JD (S) within the LDF, contested 5 and gained from three segments. Both the events additionally secured 1.5 % every of the whole votes.
However, within the 2011 Assembly polls, the LJD, then SJD, had contested six seats and gained from two whereas the JD (S), gained from 4 seats out of the 5 the occasion contested. The SJD and JD (S) had secured 1.65 % and 1.5 % respectively of the favored votes then.
Sources stated {that a} part of the LJD – led by its State president M. V. Shreyams Kumar favoured a merger with the JD (S), whereas one other group is fiercely opposing the proposal which it feels would disturb the occasion in the long term because the JD (S) in Karnataka might have a risk of aligning with the BJP. This comes towards the backdrop of the key talks held between JD(S) chief H. D. Kumaraswamy and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa final month.
The merger of the LJD and the JD(S) had gained traction after the entry of the previous into the ruling LDF earlier than the Lok Sabha polls. Three rounds of discussions inside a span of one-and-a-half years had additionally yielded no optimistic outcomes although.
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