PC Thomas quits NDA, returns 'home'
It's a homecoming that former NDA Union Minister PC Thomas was wanting for a while and on Wednesday he is set to return to the Congress-led UDF.
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Thiruvananthapuram: It's a homecoming that former NDA Union Minister PC Thomas was wanting for a while and on Wednesday he is set to return to the Congress-led UDF.
The Kerala Congress (M) faction led by PJ Joseph and PC Thomas's party are going to merge and will now be known as the Kerala Congress, and Thomas said this will happen later on Wednesday at Kaduthurthi in Kottayam at an election rally of Mons Joseph, sitting legislator, seeking re-election from the same seat.
"We have decided to become one, and we will be known as the Kerala Congress, a party with no bracket. I decided to leave the NDA as our party, which was given four seats in the 2016 Assembly polls was not given even a single seat, despite being an ally. They had asked me to contest from Pala, but since I had personal issues and decided not to contest. Do not know if that's why we were not given a single seat," said Thomas. In the political scenario of Kerala, at the moment, there are half a dozen Kerala Congress parties which are named after various leaders and written in brackets.
