<p>On Thursday, Assembly Speaker K Radhakrishnan received a letter from JD(S) president Deve Gowda saying that the party would continue to be an ally of the LDF. However, the leader of the JD(S) legislature party K P Mohanan also submitted a letter requesting that the party MLAs be allowed to sit as a separate bloc. <br /><br />The Veerendrakumar-led faction has three MLAs including his son M V Sreyamskumar while the rival faction now backed by Gowda has two. <br /><br />What led to Krishnankutty’s suspension was his statement justifying the Veerendrakumar-led faction’s stand to dissociate from the LDF in the wake of H D Kumaraswamy’s offer of support to the Congress after the elections. <br /><br />Danish Ali said that Krishnankutty had questioned the authority of the national leadership. <br />However, Veerendrakumar said in Kozhikode that the suspension will not be accepted. <br /></p>
<p>On Thursday, Assembly Speaker K Radhakrishnan received a letter from JD(S) president Deve Gowda saying that the party would continue to be an ally of the LDF. However, the leader of the JD(S) legislature party K P Mohanan also submitted a letter requesting that the party MLAs be allowed to sit as a separate bloc. <br /><br />The Veerendrakumar-led faction has three MLAs including his son M V Sreyamskumar while the rival faction now backed by Gowda has two. <br /><br />What led to Krishnankutty’s suspension was his statement justifying the Veerendrakumar-led faction’s stand to dissociate from the LDF in the wake of H D Kumaraswamy’s offer of support to the Congress after the elections. <br /><br />Danish Ali said that Krishnankutty had questioned the authority of the national leadership. <br />However, Veerendrakumar said in Kozhikode that the suspension will not be accepted. <br /></p>
