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http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278416&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 CPM leader Yechury seeks to defuse Kerala LDF crisis over election seats Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to prevent a split within the ruling Left front in Kerala, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) yesterday sent politburo member Sitaram Yechury to iron out differences with fuming partner Communist Party of India (CPI). The CPM move came after the CPI gave an ultimatum to its senior partner in Kerala over the Ponnani seat, which it wants to contest. The CPI threatened to put up candidates in all the seats that 'big brother' CPM contests in Kerala in the Lok Sabha polls unless it got to fight from Ponnani. The CPM, the leading partner in Kerala's Left Democratic Front (LDF), asked Yechury to broker peace between Pinarayi Vijayan and Veliyam Bhargavan, state secretaries of the CPM and CPI respectively. "The Kerala CPM is trying to avoid a split," a party leader said. Meanwhile, Vijayan said in Thiruvananthapuram that there was no problem in Left unity. "Please don't be worried. The CPI is with the LDF. Only when there is a change in their ideology can things change," Vijayan told reporters. Vijayan's comments came after Bharghavan ruled out further seat sharing talks with the CPM. Bharghavan earlier in the morning said: "We will meet on March 16 and if they don't give us the Ponanni seat, we will put up our candidates in all seats, barring where the Kerala Congress (Joseph) is fighting and also where the Janata Dal-Secular is to get a seat." The Kerala Congress (Joseph) has been given the Idduki seat while the JD-S is tipped to get the Kozhikode seat. Meanwhile, CPM-supported independent candidate Hussain Randathany has already begun the election campaign at Ponnani. Speaking on the issue, Vijayan clarified it was CPI assistant secretary K E Ismail who gave the green signal for Randathany's candidature as an independent. Vijayan refuted Bharghavan's statement that Randathany was his candidate. "I have not at all seen him or spoken to him. We felt an independent candidate would be the best for Ponanni, which has been won by the Indian Union Muslim League for long. Initially the CPI agreed and then backed out," said Vijayan. The IUML is a part of the Congress-led United Democratic Front. The CPI has been insisting on putting up its candidates for the Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mavelikara and Ponnani seats. While it was given the first three seats, talks over Ponnani failed. In the 2004 election, the CPM contested 14 seats, the CPI four and the JD-S and the Kerala Congress (Joseph) one seat each. The Revolutionary Socialist Party, the Congress-S and the Nationalist Congress Party are also members of the ruling LDF that was formed in 1979. Polls to the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala are to be held on April 16. - IANS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
