UDF to field Karthikeyan for Speaker post

Thiruvananthapuram, May 30: Congress-led UDF in Kerala today decided to field Senior Congress Leader G Karthikeyan as its candidate for the Speaker's post in the state Assembly.

Briefing newspersons after the UDF meeting, KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala announced the name of Mr Karthikeyan, stating that his name was unanimously selected by all the constituents in the UDF.

Referring to various statements made by MLAs against the party leadership on allocation of portfolios, he said the next KPCC Executive meeting on June eight would discuss those issues and the party would not hesitate to take disciplinary action against those who violated party discipline.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy alleged the Left Parties were propagating false campaign against the UDF on various issues.

Pointing out that many important decisions by the UDF were wrongly interpreted by the media, he said the UDF would also take a unanimous decision on Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Affairs posts soon as there were no differences of opinion among the constituents in the UDF on the issue.

Alleging the LDF nominees to the top posts of various Corporations and institutions were still continuing in their posts, he urged the Oppsition party to advice their nominees to resign.

--UNI

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