As three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala are falling vacant by April, hectic lobbying is on in both the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front in the state. While the LDF will get two seats, the UDF will get one. Terms of Congress senior leader A K Antony, CPM's K Somaprasad and M V Shreyams Kumar of Loktantrik Janata
The infight in the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) in Kerala is continuing with the official faction rejecting the demand for a leadership change and issuing a show-cause notice to the rebel leaders on Saturday. Party state president and Rajya Sabha MP M V Shreyams Kumar said that the state committee meeting on Saturday decided to issue show-cause notices to nine rebel leaders.