KOTTAYAM: Kerala Congress leader Jose K Mani said that he will write a letter to Kerala assembly speaker seeking disqualification of those MLAs who violated a whip issued to abstain from the voting held in the recent Rajya Sabha by-poll from the state. A decision regarding this was taken during the Kerala Congress (M) steering committee meeting on Sunday, Jose said. During the steering committee meeting, it was evaluated that both PJ Joseph and Monce Joseph cheated the party by violating the whip. Based on this, Kerala Congress' Chief Whip Roshy Augustine was assigned by the party to hand over a complaint against the MLAs.

Meanwhile, PJ Joseph mocked Jose K Mani's announcement by saying that public support is much more important than party symbol.