Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 -- The Indian Socialist Janata Dal (ISJD), an ally of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), and the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), an ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), announced their respective candidates for the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls.

The ISJD, formerly the Kerala unit of the Janata Dal (Secular), announced candidates in three seats -- Murugadas Viswanathan (Chittur), Mathew T Thomas (Thiruvalla) and Sabu George (Ernakulam). Candidate on the fourth seat of Kovalam will be decided by Tuesday, ISJD leader and power minister K Krishnankutty said on Monday.

Additionally, Krishnankutty, an MLA from Chittur and a longtime socialist leader, announced that he was retiring from elect...