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The LDF has, meanwhile, decided to give the Kottayam seat to its ally Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC(M)).
A Congress activist was stabbed by a Kerala Congress (M) activist during a brawl Friday night.
Jinson Powath, a state committee member of KC(M), stabbed Frijo Francis, a Congress loyalist, in a fit of rage following a political argument.
The proposal to replace Soumya Raj (aka Indu Teacher), part of a compromise formula between the party factions, was initiated by party district secretary R Nasar.
The appeal sought to form Village-Panchayath level committees for the survey.
Though Kerala Congress has its roots in the Congress-led UDF political alliance, most splinter groups are now associated with the Left Democratic Front LDF.
The seat became vacant when Mani resigned from the same seat after his party shifted alliance to the Left Democratic Front from the Congress-led United Democratic Front.
The decision was made at a meeting of the Left front held on Tuesday.
The CPI's report, it was said, had painted KC(M) as a party with a weak mass base.
Further, the CPM State Committee-approved election review report also found that the party's failure resulted in Kerala Congress (M) chief Jose K Mani's debacle in Pala segment.