THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: LDF convener E P Jayarajan has finally responded about his absence from CPM’s touted seminar against UCC which was held at Kozhikode on Saturday. Jayarajan held a meeting with CM Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday as news gleamed about his absence from the seminar. If tracking down the news of the last few months, the LDF convener is often seen in discord with the current LDF leadership, mainly for the resort scam which dragged his family into a space of public scrutiny.

Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala meanwhile took a jibe at the wedge between the CPM leaders and said it will be just a matter of time before E P Jayarajan decides to leave CPM. Meanwhile, Jayarajan made a repartee and said it will be Ramesh Chennithala who will soon bid adieu to Congress.

“Whenever in Thiruvananthapuram, I will find time to meet CM and other ministers in the cabinet. It is not anything unusual. I am more than involved in party programs and news about CM asking me to involve more in the party are hoax made by the media. UCC seminar was all planned and the speakers were also selected. We all are united against the communal rift planned by RSS through UCC, so it never matters whether I attend the seminar or not. For people criticizing me day and night, I just have love and pity to offer. I am also a human, so emotions can happen sometimes. “ Jayarajan said.