Many UDF leaders waiting to join KC(M), says Jose K. Mani
KC(M) chairperson says additional steps will probably be taken at a steering committee assembly on June 14
The political churning, stirred by the Kerala Congress (M)’s tumultuous exit from the United Democratic Front and a subsequent reconciliation with the rival entrance late final 12 months, seems to be rising extra disruptive in Central Travancore after the elections.
Buoyed by its back-to-back successes within the native physique and Assembly elections, the outfit led by Jose K. Mani is out to reshape itself because the dominant celebration within the area. As a part of it, it has launched efforts to woo a handful of leaders from the UDF, particularly the Congress, who’re disenchanted with the current management.
The step comes shut on the heels of one other proposal by the regional celebration to take a transition from its mass-based construction to a cadre system. Alongside the KC(M), the Nationalist Congress Party underneath the previous Congress chief P.C. Chacko too has begun drawing the Congress staff throughout Kottayam and Pathanamthitta to its fold.
Confirming the transfer, KC(M) chairman Mr. Mani mentioned right here on Thursday {that a} lengthy line of UDF leaders was waiting to join the celebration and the subsequent assembly of the celebration steering committee on June 14 would provoke vital steps in direction of this course. “I have received expressions of interest from an increasing number of leaders, particularly after the Assembly elections. The district presidents have been apprised of these developments for further action,” he mentioned.
Sources mentioned the chaos inside the UDF after its beneath par efficiency within the area within the Assembly elections has offered a golden alternative to the KC(M), which had put up a greater present by driving the ‘red wave’ that lashed the State. The transfer, in accordance to them, comes as counter to a pre-election transfer by the UDF to poach members of its estranged constituent.
The chaotic exit of the KC(M) from the UDF had prompted a couple of leaders to swap sides to the rival faction led by P.J. Joseph, predictably with the assist of some senior Congress leaders. Despite the early setbacks, the KC(M), by giving precedence to statecraft and the pursuit of energy, might overcome these challenges in the long term.
The rebuttal
Meanwhile, each the Congress and the UDF have refuted Mr. Mani’s claims. “By making such statements, his attempt is to mislead the public and cover up the setbacks suffered in Pala and Kaduthuruthy,” mentioned Joshy Philip, District Congress Committee president, Kottayam.
Saji Manjakadambil, chairman of the UDF committee in Kottayam, urged Mr. Mani to cease daydreaming and face the realities upfront.