THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: UDF convenor Benny Behanan relinquished his UDF convenor post. He said that he has informed this to the central leadership and will tender his resignation soon. He said that he is not interested in continuing in the smokescreen of media and that nobody had asked him to resign. He also said the media reports related to the convener's post hurt him.
There was an agreement to remove Benny Behnanan from the post and replace him with M M Hassan. However, he was not ready to leave the post. The KPCC later left the issue to the high command. Reports said that he left the post due to this. Hassan is likely to given that post. A decision will be taken soon on it.