Kottayam: Amid speculations over the likely candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the wife of Kerala Congress (M) parliamentarian Jose K Mani has ruled her out of any electoral contest.

“There are no plans to enter politics now or in the future,” Nisha Jose K Mani said, responding to rumours of her contesting Lok Sabha elections from the Kottayam seat. Participation in public events is not indicative of political aspirations, she clarified.

Nisha's name was doing the rounds among the probable UDF candidates for the Kottayam Lok Sabha seat. But the Kerala Congress (M) itself announced just before the start of Jose K Mani’s Kerala March that she won’t contest, though party supporters saw it as a ploy. But Nisha has now confirmed it while also asserting that she is only interested in public service.

Speculation over her candidacy in future elections, if not in this year's general elections, arose as she started to participate in public events. It seems objections from within the party likely dented her electoral chances.

Jose K Mani, the son of KC(M) patriarch K M Mani, is a member of the Rajya Sabha. He had quit his Lok Sabha membership in June last year and contested the Rajya Sabha poll. He had represented the Kottayam constituency in the Lower House of the Parliament after electoral victories in 2009 and 2014.

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