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Trouble seems to be brewing in the Kerala unit of the NCP, an ally of the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front, which has two MLAs in the state.Of the two legislators State Forest Minister A.K.Saseendran and Thomas K.Thomas , the latter . ....
The Kerala political landscape is set for a realignment with the Nationalist Congress Party divided on whether to stay with the ruling Left Democratic Front or switch sides to the Opposition coalition led by the Congress. The simmering differences within the NCP headed by Sharad Pawar came to the fore when it became clear that it would not get the contentious Pala Assembly seat in the upcoming Kerala elections. With the Kerala Congress (Mani) led by Jose K. Mani having switched to the LDF in October 2020, and Pala being the traditional hub of the party originally formed by Jose’s father K.M. Mani, it was expected to cause a rift within the ruling front since the seat is now held by the NCP. A section led by NCP state president T.P. Peethambaran Master and Mani C. Kappan has made it clear that they would not settle for anything less than the Pala seat that the party snatched from the UDF in the 2019 bypoll following K.M. Mani’s death. ....
Tussle over Pala intensifies Updated: Updated: NCP leaders divided over issue Share Article Another Assembly polls, another episode of party infighting and the controversy over Pala continues. The tussle over the Assembly seat, which began during the byelection last year and was revived once again with the abrupt entry of the Kerala Congress (M) into the Left Democratic Front, is raging despite denial by the front leadership. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leadership also appears divided over the issue. Addressing mediapersons on Saturday, Mani C. Kappan, the sitting legislator of Pala, asserted that the KC(M) had lost the Assembly bypolls last year and its leader Jose K. Mani had no authority to claim the seat. “From various development projects to welfare measures, including free ration kit to nuns, I have done so much for Pala over the past year. There is no question of giving up the seat to anyone for anything,” he said. ....