Don’t dismiss Mani-Joseph merger as a very simple affair

As the Kerala Congress factions led by K.M.Mani and P.J.Joseph seal their merger with a public meeting at Thirunakkara Maidan at Kottayam on Tuesday, present-day analysts are prone to dismiss the affair as simple and innocuous.

Those who have watched the political developments close to the formation of Kerala Congress know it for a fact that the union of the two factions now could generate a lot of interests that would engender politics to take twists and turns.

The Congress Party in Kerala has definitely been shattered on account of the fact that the new dispensation would have to be provided with more seats.
There are reports about the CPM making overtures to K.R.Gowri Amma of the JSS which is in the UDF.

Gowri Amma was once a tall leader of the CPM, but she had to leave that party out of frustration.

Now after long years of separation, is it possible for her to reunite with the CPM? All the same, Gowri Amma has hurt feelings in the UDF that certain elements in the Congress Party had worked against her election to the Assembly last time.

No doubt, one way or other, Mani-Joseph merger would cause an upheaval in many realms.