The UDF comprises the Congress, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Kerala Congress (Mani), Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik), Kerala Congress (B), Kerala Congress (Jacob), Socialist Janata Dal (SJD) , Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (JSS)and Communist Marxist Party (CMP). The latter two parties do not have legislators.
Each of the allies have issues with the Congress. The IUML has severed ties with state Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed whose feud with the IUML is more than three decades old.
Kerala Congress (Mani) is unhappy that Jose K.Mani, the son of their party supremo and state Finance Minister K.M.Mani, was not made a union minister.
Kerala Congress (B) chairman R.Balakrishna Pillai's son K.B. Ganesh Kumar had to demit office as a minister early this year after his wife approached a court following a tiff. Pillai wants his son back in the cabinet as the issue between his son and his wife has been resolved outside the court.
