P C Thomas-led Kerala Congress quits NDAThomas said that though the NDA leadership wanted him to contest from the Pala Assembly seat in Kottayam, he declined owing to personal reasons
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Thomas, a six-time Lok Sabha MP and the first NDA MP from Kerala in 2004, decided to quit NDA as his party was not given even one seat for the coming Assembly election. Credit: Facebook/ @pcthomasofficial
The Kerala Congress (Thomas) faction led by former Union Minister of State P C Thomas has decided to quit the NDA and merge with the Kerala Congress (Joseph) in Kerala.
Thomas, a six-time Lok Sabha MP and the first NDA MP from Kerala in 2004, decided to quit NDA as his party was not given even one seat for the coming Assembly election in Kerala even as the party contested in four seats in last Assembly election.
Thomas said that though the NDA leadership wanted him to contest from the Pala Assembly seat in Kottayam, he declined owing to personal reasons.
He said that his party and Kerala Congress (Joseph) led by former minister P J Joseph, which is a coalition partner of Congress-led UDF, would merge and he would campaign for the UDF.