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Counsels representing the accused, Minister V Sivankutty and five other LDF leaders, told the court that the damages in the Assembly were caused by pushing and shoving.
KPCC president K Sudhakaran said that all panchayats in Kerala ruled by the UDF would adopt the Mathur model and ask citizens to refrain from using 'sir' and 'madam' to address functionaries.
For the Opposition, this was an opportunity to recall the CPM's public humiliation of K M Mani and, thereby, embarrass both the CPM and its new ally Kerala Congress (Mani) inside the Assembly.
The KC(M) was rattled when it was reported that the Kerala Government's counsel orally told the Supreme Court that the 'former finance minister was corrupt'.
If Jose K Mani wins Pala for the LDF and Mp Joseph wins Trikaripur for the UDF, the brothers-in-law could meet up in the legislative assembly in Thiruvananthapuram.
The assembly witnessed unprecedented scenes on March 13, 2015, as LDF members, then in opposition, tried to prevent Finance Minister KM Mani, who was facing charges in the bar bribery scam, from presenting the state budget.
Chandy said Jose K Mani might forget the manner in which the CPI(M) mercilessly hounded Mani, but those who love the leader would never forgive or overlook the worst kind of humiliation.
Biju Ramesh's allegation that Jose K Mani offered Rs 10 crore to withdraw the bribery allegation against KM Mani can also be investigated.
Hotelier Biju Ramesh, a former office bearer of KBHA, had alleged that the bar hotel owners had collected and paid bribes to at least three prominent Congress leaders other than the then Finance Minister K M Mani to open their businesses.
The report prepared by a private investigative agency alleges that the bar bribery scam was a conspiracy hatched by the āIā group to destroy the political future of K M Mani and his party.