Congress's Ramesh Chennithala Slams Kerala State Unit For "Arrogant" Style Of Functioning
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Attacking the style of functioning of the current leadership led by Mr Sudhakaran and VD Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala said when he and Oommen Chandy led the Congress for 17 years, they had never used the language of "arrogance".
The two powerful groups in the state Congress-- one headed by Ramesh Chennithala and another by Oommen Chandy --joined hands on Friday to launch a scathing attack on the new leadership of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headed by its chief K Sudhakaran and Leader of opposition in the State Assembly VD Satheesan over their "arrogant" style of functioning. Expressing displeasure over the new leadership for ignoring him and Mr Chandy in organisational matters particularly in the selection of 14 DCC chiefs, Mr Chennithala today described himself as "just a four annas (25 paise)" member of the party but said Mr Chandy was a senior leader and AICC general secretary and all the decisions of the state Congress should be taken after consulting with him. A day after the Congress leadership asserted in Kannur that PCC chief K Sudhakaran will be the "last word" on organisational matters in the state and spoke about bringing discipline in the party, Mr Chennithala took a dig at the new leadership, indicating that many of them had violated discipline in the past and asked what would happen, if it is implemented retrospectively. "I am not saying that matters in the Congress should be discussed with me. I am just a four annas (25 paise) member of the party. But Oommen Chandy is the general secretary of AICC. So (they) have an obligation to discuss the matters with him," the Haripad MLA said at a party function in which Nattakom Suresh took charge as Kottayam DCC president.More Related News