By Express News Service
KOTTAYAM: The infighting in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over Pala Assembly seat seems to be escalating with factions led by A Okay Saseendran and T P Peethambaran convening separate conferences in Kottayam on Saturday. The developments have thrown out ample indications that the social gathering is heading for a vertical break up
While the followers of Saseendran organised a commemoration assembly of C H Haridas, former state president of the Youth Congress (S) at Kottayam Press Club corridor, social gathering district committee that owes allegiance to the faction led by Peethambaran and Mani C Kappan convened an election overview assembly on the district committee workplace. However, each side dismissed studies portraying these as factional conferences.
C H Haridas commemoration assembly was inaugurated by CPM district secretary V N Vasavan, which is taken into account as Saseendran faction’s try to strengthen its relations with the LDF. All the senior leaders of the Saseendran faction attended the assembly.
In the afternoon, the district committee organised an area physique election overview assembly within the presence of social gathering state president Peethambaran Master. Though Mani C Kappan, MLA, arrived on the district committee workplace, he left the place earlier than the assembly commenced. Meanwhile Saseendran faction chief T V Baby additionally attended the assembly as a part of the try to forestall the rival faction taking the command within the district committee. Former state office-bearer P Okay Anandakuttan skipped each conferences.To keep away from confusion, Peethambaran stated some leaders couldn’t attend the assembly on account of private inconvenience.
‘Claiming seat for losing party a strange argument’Toughening its stance after assembly the NCP nationwide president, social gathering state management has categorically made it clear that the social gathering would contest from 4 seats, the place they contested within the earlier election. Speaking to reporters after a celebration assembly in Kottayam, NCP state president T P Peethambaran stated that it was an odd argument that NCPs sitting seat must be handed over to a celebration, which misplaced the competition.
