The Kerala Congress clarified on Tuesday that K M Mani is indeed the Chairman of the party. The party issued the clarification in the wake of the complaint raised by Jose K Mani's rival candidates in Kottayam constituency that his nomination ought to be rejected since Mani signed under the column of party chairman in the nomination paper instead of C F Thomas.

The Kerala Congress party leadership made it clear that valid documents regarding this were handed over to the Election Commission on February 28, 2013. These documents will be produced before the Commission today, the party added