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Kerala Congress leader PJ Joseph on May 13, was made the temporary chairman of the Kerala Congress (Mani). The decision was announced by the party general secretary Joy Abraham, who has the organisational charges. 

Kerala Congress (M)'s late leader Mani, one of India’s longest-serving legislators and representative of Pala constituency in Kottayam, passed away at a private hospital in Kochi on April 9.

Jose K Mani faction of Kerala Congress (M) sought a favourable verdict from the court against the move of interim chairman PJ Joseph to elect party office bearers at the KM Mani Commemoration Ceremony.
 

Joseph will hold the temporary charge until a new chairman is chosen for the Kerala Congress (M). During the announcement of the temporary chairman, Abraham said as per party rules, in the absence of the chairman, according to the Rule 29 of party constituency, all powers and functions of the chairman will fall on the working chairman
 

The Kerala Congress (M) leaders claimed that the chairman and Parliamentary leader position belongs to the Mani group. Meanwhile, CF Thomas has advised the leaders to decide on mutual agreement. Those supporting the working chairman PJ Joseph is not ready to accept Jose K Mani as the chairman
 

The article written in Kerala Congress (M)'s mouthpiece Prathichaya by editor Kurias Kumbalakuzhu says that everybody in the party was jealous and scared of late leader KM Mani. He has also said in the article that everybody tried to destroy Mani and after 50 years they succeeded with the bar bribery scam

 

The Congress high command is evaluating the dispute in the Kerala Congress (M), which may affect UDF's prospects in the Lok Sabha election. Rahul Gandhi will take a final decision on the ticket to the coveted Kottayam seat.

Pranab Mukherjee, who had been a Man Friday for the Congress, had been ignored and sidelined by the party on numerous occasions. The Congress now can't even criticise this move by the Modi government without blackening its own face.