A faction within the chruch wants to support the NDA in the election Earlier, Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action said it would support the NDA in the upcoming Kerala assembly polls New Delhi: The Jacobite faction of the Malankara Church is willing to back any political party or front in Kerala Assembly polls that will support the interests of the church. The Jacobite and Orthodox factions of Malankara Church are fighting over the ownership of St Mary’s Church in Piravom, Kerala and over a thousand churches and properties belonging to the Syrian church for over a century.