Sudheeran’s resignation value-based protest: CPI(M)
The Hindu
Vijayaraghavan says more leaders of stature will quit Cong.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) acting State secretary A. Vijayaraghavan on Friday termed Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran’s resignation from crucial party posts as a ‘value-based protest”.
Almost in the same breath, Mr. Vijayaraghavan said more prominent leaders with self-respect and stature would quit the Congress to “cooperate” with the CPI(M). Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would fete them at a public function in Thiruvananthapuram next week.
When pressed, Mr. Vijayaraghavan said, “Mr. Sudheeran had discovered off late that he could not uphold his values in the Congress. He had to resign key party posts to be heard within the party. Mr. Sudheeran has sent a strong message to the Congress".
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.