Kerala Congress (M), which had joined hands with CPI(M) in the Kottayam district panchayat president elections, today did a U-turn by supporting a Congress nominee for the post of Vice President in a gram panchayat in the district.
Kerala Congress (M) headed by K M Mani, which is having eight elected members in the 21-member-Vazhappally gram panchayat in Changanassery, extended support to Sheela Thomas, Congress' candidate for the post of vice president, to defeat the CPI-M nominee.
The Left party has nine elected representativeswhile Congress four elected members in the gram panchayat. Congress DCC president Joshi Philip hailed the verdict, saying it was a clear message to Mani from the workers of the Kerala Congress (M) that they were not ready for an "unholy alliance" with CPI(M).
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