‘Keep quiet’: Kerala Cong chief loses cool as reporter seeks readability on alleged ballot tie-up

Kerala Congress chief Mullappally Ramachandran snapped at a reporter on Tuesday after being requested to make clear on an alleged tie-up with the Welfare Party of India, the political arm of Jamaat-e-Islami outfit, for the upcoming Assembly elections.
As the reporter pointed an ambiguity in his assertion on the topic, the senior Congress chief shot again, saying, “Stop it. Don’t you have anything else to talk about? You’re from a responsible television news channel. Who are you speaking for? Your management or a political party?”
When the reporter stated that it had turn into a giant speaking level forward of the elections, Ramachandran stated, “Keep quiet”.

 
His seen tetchiness on the topic clearly gave away the uneasiness inside the opposition UDF over the perils of reaching any type of an electoral understanding with a celebration considered as ‘communal’ by each the ruling LDF and the BJP.
The UDF had made ‘seat adjustments’ with the Welfare Party within the recently-concluded native physique polls. However, publish outcomes, when it grew to become clear that the UDF had performed badly, Ramachandran attributed his celebration’s defeat to the tie-up with the Welfare Party.
However, the Welfare Party’s management made it clear that the seat changes have been made after preserving Ramachandran within the loop.
On Monday, each the UDF and the Welfare Party leaderships had dominated out continuation of the tie-up for the Assembly polls which are to be held later this 12 months.