Left, KC(M) encounter their first moment of realisation
The Hindu
KOTTAYAM The Kerala Congress (M), which ditched its four-decade-long association with the Congress-led United Democratic Front and swung to the other end of the political spectrum, now appears to be w
KOTTAYAM The Kerala Congress (M), which ditched its four-decade-long association with the Congress-led United Democratic Front and swung to the other end of the political spectrum, now appears to be walking a tightrope in the Left Democratic Front. The first moment of reckoning seems to have arrived for both sides now. On Monday, counsel representing the Left Democratic Front government in the Supreme Court reportedly described KC(M) leader the late K.M. Mani a corrupt politician during a hearing on the ruckus in the Kerala Assembly during the presentation of the State Budget on March 13, 2015. The State government had sought the Supreme Court’s permission to withdraw the criminal charges slapped against six Left Democratic Front (LDF) legislators for disrupting the Assembly. The regional party, which has its roots in Central Travancore and led by Mani’s son Jose K. Mani now, hoped to create a new political recipe with its association with the CPI(M)-led LDF. But its association with the Left, which has for long set itself against the `Mani brand of politics', appears to have landed it in a maze of political complexities on the ground. Such paradoxes have been covered up so far under warm personal relationships between leaders at the top. But, now the legacy of the late Mani itself has been questioned by the LDF government and the counsel’s remark has come as a huge embarrassment to the KC(M).More Related News