A crucial meeting of the UDF scheduled to be held here on April 2 would take up the demand of Pillai, who complained that his son was ignoring the party workers and "not functioning according to party line".
Pillai had written letters to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and UDF Convener P P Thankachan seeking removal of his son, who is the lone MLA of KC-B in the Assembly.
Though it looks that an agreement has been reached between the father and son soon after a settlement was arrived at on a family matter of Ganesh Kumar recently, things have now almost returned to square one.
Ganesh Kumar called on Pillai yesterday to enquire about his health after the latter had suffered uneasiness during a trip to hillshrine Sabarimla.
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After the meeting, though Ganesh Kumar told media that there was no difference with the party and all issues with his father would be sorted out. "There is nothing that can not be sorted out," he had said.
"What is required now is a decision (regarding his son's removal from the cabinet) at the next meeting of the UDF", he said.
Another problem faced by the UDF was the demand of JSS, another small partner, to remove P C George, a nominee of Kerala Congress (M), from the post of Government Chief Whip.
The demand was in the wake of George's unsavoury comments against JSS leader K R Gowri and her late husband and CPI leader T V Thomas.