On 30 April 20, P. J. Joseph resigned his ministerial post and declared that his Kerala Congress is going to merge with Kerala Congress (M).
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He holds the records of having presented the maximum number of eleven budgets in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as Finance Minister and also as the longest-serving member of Kerala Assembly.
Mr K. M. Mani, Honorable Minister of Finance & Law, Government of Kerala for Political Leader of the Era
The finalists with Preeja were, Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, Njhanpeedam winner and famous Malayalam poet ONV Kurup and famous politician, and ex- financial minister K. M. Mani.
Mani Irani | Mani | K. M. Mani | Palghat Mani Iyer | Om mani padme hum | Mani Madhava Chakyar | Mani Peninsula | Māni Mādhava Chākyār | Mani Lal Bhaumik | Máni | Madurai Mani Iyer | Ky-Mani Marley | The Best of Manila Sound: Hopia Mani Popcorn | Mani Shankar Mukherjee | Mani Pulite | Lal Mani Joshi | Karaikudi Mani | El Mani Pavilion | Bhai Mani Singh |
He was one of the two winners in 1957 election, the other being C. Muthiah Pillai from the Congress party.
Mani felt alienated by the party as well as the state in the later years of his life.
Markose played a significant role in the formation of the Kerala Congress, along with T. M. Jacob, K M Mani and P. J. Joseph.