The Congress has seemingly made an arguably half-baked attempt to exploit the Left Democratic Front’s perceived uncertainty over allocating crucial Rajya Sabha seats to allies when they become vacant in July with no tangible result.
The party’s official newspaper Veekshanam penned a rather colourful editorial on Wednesday claiming that Kerala Congress (M) chairman Jose K. Mani will lose the seat-sharing bargain, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India splitting the two slots in the upper house of Parliament.
Notably, it offered Mr. Mani an olive branch by counselling him to return to the United Democratic Front fold. It stated that the CPI(M) was a fickle ally. The editorial likened Mr. Mani to a pining partner plagued by unrequited love and argued that the LDF was a firetrap for the KC(M).
