CPM warms up to KC(M) faction ousted by Congress-led front
(WorldNews India)

The CPI(M) on Friday indicated that it is open to accommodate the Kerala Congress group led by the party`s Rajya Sabha member Jose K Mani to the ruling Left Democratic Front. A faction led by Jose was ousted from the Congress-led United Democratic Front earlier this week over its failure to honour an intra-party deal in Kottayam district. Under the previous Congress-led UDF government, CPI(M) had raised storm over the bar bribery scandal involving Jose`s father and KC(M) founder K M Mani. The issue of the scandal, which led to the exit of Mani as a minister, was played up by CPI(M) in the 2016 Assembly elections. But with local body elections scheduled in October-November and Assembly polls...