Summary:
Revival of the case, his legal advisers opined, was a near impossible task. The hint from the LDF is clear; it is all set to revive the bar bribery case and use it as a poll plank in 2019.CPM had been secretly nurturing a feeling of betrayal after Mani suddenly returned to the UDF camp. Though there were differences within the front, with CPI opposing any alliance with Mani, the CPM was hopeful of at least keeping him as an outside ally.Despite the LDF convener’s claim, it is an open secret that the CPM had made several secret moves to reach an understanding with Mani’s party. There was a rebellion within the state Congress over the secret pact stitched up by IUML leader PK Kunhalikutty with the connivance of Chandy, Chennithala and Hassan.In the coming days, more questions are likely to be levelled against the rationale for this seat surrender. Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after the vigilance special court rejected VACB’s closure report on Tuesday, LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan – the last person to implead in the bar bribery case – said both the BJP and the UDF had competed with each other to court KC(M) chief KM Mani who had then quit the UDF.“The LDF had taken a stand that there was no circumstance to discuss Mani’s entry to the front..