LJD heading for split

Thiruvananthapuram: The Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) is heading for a split with the dissident leaders deciding not to reply to the show-cause notice they have received from the party president.
Party general secretaries Sheikh P Harris and V Surendran Pillai met chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday and sought his support. The leaders said they were the original LJD faction and hence they should be given the recognition.
The chief minister told them that it would be discussed in the LDF meeting and finalized after that. Meanwhile, the dissident leaders made it clear that they would remain in the LDF and will not merge with the Janata Dal (S), which is also in the LDF.
The dissident leaders had served an ultimatum to the state president, M V Shreyams Kumar, that he should resign from the party president post before November 20. However, Shreyams Kumar convened the state committee meeting and issued show-cause notice to the rebel leaders. tnn