Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 15 -- Kerala Congress (M) chairman Jose K Mani cut short his private foreign tour to return to the state on Wednesday to quell all speculations about his party warming up towards the Congress-led UDF.

Mani, the chief of the regional outfit, which primarily commands influence among Catholics and farmers in central Kerala, reaffirmed that his party's loyalties lie with the CPM-led LDF and that power will remain where his party stands.

"The Kerala Congress (M) has only one stand. We are with the Left front. I cannot come everyday and say this. Who is conducting these so-called discussions? No one should cry for us," Mani, a Rajya Sabha MP, told reporters in Kottayam.

There have been media reports that the KC(M) le...