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Taking the League out of the UDF could also be a tactical mistake. Reason: the CPM has quite successfully used the presence of the League to poke at Congress's secular credentials.
The CPM Secretariat made it clear that the invite to the IUML was both untimely and improper and said it had caused confusion among the party cadre.
LDF convenor E P Jayarajan on Thursday backtracked from his statement saying that no one has invited the key UDF partner to the LDF fold.
Jayarajan's move was unexpected, and neither him nor the party denied the news of the Kannur leader voicing his opinion at the state committee meeting.
Senior IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty made the party's stance clear a day after newly appointed LDF convener E P Jayarajan hinted that League was welcome to the Left fold.
The decision was taken at the CPM State Committee and State Secretariat held on Monday.
It has been alleged that Bobby misused the central and state governments' funds given to her as part of her foreign training programme in 2003.
However, the decision to limit the number of fresh seats to 227 this year will stay.
Long jump coach T P Ouseph won the Olympian Suresh Babu Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award.
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