India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 15: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Kerala, Mani C Kappan, who was expelled by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Monday announced a new party. Naming the new party as the Nationalist Congress Kerala (NCK), Kappan said it will become a partner of the opposition Congress-led UDF in Kerala.
Kappan is the president of the party. Kappan said the UDF leadership has given an assurance to him that the NCK would be accommodated in the UDF fold before the polls.
The party would also seek three seats in the Assembly elections, he said.
Earlier, Kappan had rejected an invitation by KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran to join the Congress party.
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