Overview
- After a steering committee meeting in Kottayam, the party confirmed it will continue with the CPI(M)-led coalition for the upcoming Assembly polls.
- Jose K Mani rejected reports of backchannel talks with the UDF and denied receiving any call from Sonia Gandhi.
- Kerala Congress (M) will seek to contest at least 13 Assembly seats, up from the 12 it fought in 2021, with seat-sharing talks to follow within the LDF.
- Leaders reviewed the party’s poor local-body results and mapped campaign plans, with Jose set to lead the central Kerala leg of an LDF march starting February 1.
- LDF figures T P Ramakrishnan and Binoy Viswam backed the stance, while Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan welcomed land for a K.M. Mani memorial as he criticised the CPI(M).