State CPI secretary and outgoing Rajya Sabha member Binoy Viswam announced the name of Suneer, who is currently the state assistant secretary and had unsuccessfully contested the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency against Rahul Gandhi in 2019 and lost by a margin of 4.37 lakh votes. They went.

Elections for three seats will be held on June 25.

Two of the three seats are likely to be won by the ruling Left Democratic Front, while the third will go to the Congress-led United Democratic Front.

For some time, the two seats that the LDF could win had become a moot point, as the CPI was unwilling to give up its vacant seat and the third largest party, Kerala Congress-Mani, was very keen to ensure that . Its president Jose K. Mani returned to the upper house of parliament.

The first round of LDF meeting was held on Saturday and both the parties remained adamant on their demands for seats, leaving CPI-M in a dilemma. In the second round of meetings on Monday, CPI-M announced that it was "gifting" its seat to Kerala Congress-Mani.

Earlier in the day, the UDF's second largest member, the Indian Union Muslim League, announced its candidate - Supreme Court lawyer Haris Biran.