Even as newly appointed Left Democratic Front (LDF) convenor E.P. Jayarajan is keenly trying to expand the base of the Left coalition, the State leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] is eagerly enthusiastic about the merger of minor constituents within the front.
Even before the Assembly polls last year, the CPI(M) leadership had mooted the idea of the merger of the Janata Dal (Secular) and Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD). However, the proposal not only failed to take off but spiraled into a complex issue after its national president Sharad Yadav merged the LJD with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) last month.
Caught in a quandary, the Kerala committee of LJD has constituted a sub-committee headed by its president M.V. Shreyams Kumar to decide on merging the party with any socialist entity including the Samajwadi Party.
