Will IUML be invited to LDF? See the reactions of Left leaders, others

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Thiruvananthapuram: A day after expressing his interest in the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), senior CPI(M) leader and 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, recently appointed as the convenor of the ruling Left front, made the statement after senior leaders of the LDF, including CPI State secretary Kanam Rajendran, and his own party's leadership did not agree to his view.
"No one has invited IUML to the LDF. There is no situation warranting an invitation to the League. We have reached 99 from 90," Jayarajan told reporters here, referring to the number of seats won by LDF in the 2021 State Assembly polls.
Earlier in the day, Kanam Rajendran told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that till now, the LDF has not held any discussion on expanding its mass base or including the IUML in it and, therefore, Jayarajan's comments should be seen only as his personal view.
Rajendran said that earlier, the LDF had taken a stand that parties which left it should come back, but that was up to those who had left it.