
Congress commences dissection of Assembly poll defeat
The Hindu
PAC urges members to keep criticism within party fora
The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s (KPCC) political affairs committee (PAC) on Friday commenced the painful process of dissecting the party’s defeat at the hands of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Assembly polls. The details about the internal deliberations were elusive and clouded in speculation. Nevertheless, there were reportedly some attempt to play the blame game. KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran decried the bid to scapegoat him. Few leaders reportedly condemned Hibi Eden’s “public denunciation” of Mr. Ramachandran as a “sleeping president”.More Related News

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