Mani is impatient, he wants more seats, wants Congress to conclude seat sharing job early

Things are becoming clear, with Kerala Congress (M) leader K.M.Mani calling for early exercise of seat sharing for the Assembly elections in Kerala.

Assembly elections should be completed by May next year and there are no indications of an early poll. The Election Commission of India itself had said there was no need for advancing the elections in Kerala.

The paradoxical situation this time is that the LDF, after having many of its constituent partners leaving the bandwagon, may not have any problem in seat sharing.
But that is not the case with the Congress-led UDF, which is severely struggling with opulence of front partners. Congress Party has not said that the portion of the Kerala Congress led by P.J.Joseph which had fused into the Kerala Congress led by K.M.Mani was part of the front.

There has been stiff opposition from the Idukki district unit of the Congress in drafting the Joseph group.

Now Mani has made it clear in a channel interview that P.J.Joseph would contest the ensuing elections, no one need entertain any doubt about it. More than that, Mani is expecting more parties to come into his fold. There was an attempt earlier for the unification of the Kerala Congress factions. Now Kerala Congress Balakrishna Pillai faction and Kerala Congress T.M.Jacob factions are keeping out. Maybe, these factions would have re-thinking. Afterall, the motive of all the factions is to have the maximum number of seats in the Assembly.

Now Mani is impatient to get assurances from the Congress Party, for he would not be game for giving in, with a small number of seats for his strengthened party.