THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rebel group of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), which has rejected the disciplinary action of the official leadership, will convene a state council meeting in Ernakulam on December 8 to announce the new state committee.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rebel group of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), which has rejected the disciplinary action of the official leadership, will convene a state council meeting in Ernakulam on December 8 to announce the new state committee.
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.
Unrest has been brewing within LDF ally Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD).
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Unrest has been brewing within LDF ally Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD). A section of senior leaders from the warring faction met national chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday seeking to remove state president M V Shreyams Kumar in view of the party’s lacklustre performance in the recent assembly elections and failure to obtain a cabinet berth in the Left government.
LJD national general secretary Varghese George, state general secretary Sheikh P Harris, K P Mohanan, MLA, and state vice-president V Surendran Pillai met Yadav in Delhi and demanded a total revamp in party leadership. The rebel leaders pointed out that despite the party being allotted three seats - Vadakara, Kalpetta and Koothuparamba it could win only the third one. Later, while minor parties with just one seat secured ministership, LJD was ignored. The rebel leaders fel
It was we who closed BJP s account in Kerala: Congress
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 : Congress Lok Sabha member K. Muraleedharan who contested the Nemom assembly seat in the capital district, said here on Wednesday, he is proud that it was due to his party s efforts that the BJP could not open its account in Kerala. Muraleedharan, son of legendary Congress leader K. Karunakaran was drafted to contest the assembly polls after widespread canards were spread by the ruling Left that it was the Congress which helped BJP open its account in 2016 when BJP veteran O. Rajagopal won the Nemom seat defeating V. Sivankutty of the CPI-M by less than 9,000 votes and the ally of the Congress, V. Surendran Pillai came a dismal third with just around 13,000 votes.