Seat sharing in Left, UDF stumbles on Jose Ok Mani, PJ Joseph

Express News Service
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Seat -Sharing talks are getting extended in each the UDF and the LDF. The motive: Two Kerala Congress (M) factions.Congress leaders have held talks with the P J Joseph faction which has caught to the demand of 12 seats for 3 consecutive days. The discussions that continued late into the night time, remained inconclusive even after the Joseph faction leaders expressed their willingness to vacate Poonjar or Changanassery seats. While the Congress transfer is to allocate eight or 9 seats to the faction, the seats in Kottayam district have now develop into the bone of rivalry.

The Congress desires Changanassery and Ettumanoor, which had been contested by an undivided KC (M) within the 2016 meeting polls. The subsequent part of talks can be held on Friday.”An agreement on seat sharing will be reached in two-three days,” mentioned Mons Joseph, MLA, chief of the Joseph faction, after Wednesday’s talks.The state of affairs will not be too totally different within the LDF.

For the talks came upon the Changanassery seat because the CPI and the Democratic Kerala Congress too — moreover the KC (M) Jose Ok Mani faction — staked claims to the seat. The CPI desires Changanassery as they’ve already handed over Kanjirappally to the KC(M). The Mani faction considers Changanassery its prestigious seat as senior chief C F Thomas represented it for greater than 25 years, although he has switched to the Joseph camp.

But final time, the Democratic Kerala Congress contested the seat and now they need celebration chief Ok C Joseph to be fielded right here. The CPM has already knowledgeable Jose that it can not allocate the celebration’s sitting seats of Ranni and Perambra to the KC(M). Tiruvalla, contested earlier by the KC(M), has been allotted to the JD (S) as it’s their sitting seat.

KC (M) leaders say they can’t hand over seats of their strongholds. “The talks were positive and we hope the party will get the number of seats it deserves. The second-phase discussion will be fruitful,” mentioned Jose Ok Mani, the KC(M) chairman. While the KC (M) is demanding 15 seats, the LDF has agreed to allot them 10 seats.

CHANGANASSERY A WORRY

Three events stake declare to the Changanassery seat
CPI has expressed its willingness to change the Kanjirappally seat with KC(M) Jose Ok Mani, however desires Changanassery in return
The KC(M) can also be eager to have its sitting seat Changanassery Of Poonjar, Kanjirappally
KC(J) reportedly asks Congress to decide on between Poonjar
 and Kanjirappally. But they’re agency that they won’t half with any of them
KCJ is adamant saying it had contested in in six seats in Kottayam 2016 meeting elections. “We can not agree if we’re given solely 4 seats,” mentioned Joy Abraham
Chennithala mentioned deal could be finalised within the subsequent two days