September 23, 2024

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Congress is all set to be worn out in Kerala even earlier than the elections, Chacko’s resignation is the beginning of it

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In a transfer that additional deepens the rift and the rut that the INC finds itself in, senior Congress chief from Kerala, PC Chacko has stop the occasion on the eve of state meeting elections. Chacko stop the occasion citing an absence of intra-party democracy. The occasion veteran put up his resignation hit out on the INC as he complained that there was “no democracy left” within the occasion and never sparing the “high command” in his recriminations.Hinting in direction of rampant groupism within the Kerala unit of the occasion, Chacko stated, “There is no Congress party in Kerala as such.”The former member of parliament stated, “I have quit Congress and sent my resignation to the party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi. I had been deliberating upon this decision for the past many days. I come from Kerala where there’s no Congress party as such. There are two parties – Congress (I) (headed by state chief Ramesh Chennithala) and Congress (A) (headed by former Kerala CM Oomen Chandy). It’s a coordination committee of two parties functioning as the Kerala Congress unit.”Elaborating extra on the identical, Chacko stated, “Kerala is facing a crucial election. People want the Congress to come back but there’s groupism practised by top leaders of Congress. I have been arguing with the high command that this should be ended. But the high command is also agreeing to the proposal given by both groups.”Chacko then proceeded to focus on the occasion’s lack of preparedness for the Kerala Assembly elections in April. “There is no democracy left in the party. The list of candidates has not been discussed with the state Congress committee. There are no panels for any discussions on polls, winnability of candidates. There have always been factions in parties, even in the Congress, but there is no point anymore.”Without naming the Gandhi household, Chacko claimed that the occasion is affected by a management disaster. “Being a Congressman is Kerala is very difficult. If you belong to some faction in Congress only then you can survive. The leadership of Congress is not much active.”The former Gandhi household loyalist claimed that the occasion is all set to lose the Kerala elections. “I did not join the G-23 for the sake of the Congress but the questions they raised are extremely important for the party. ‘What is happening in Kerala will cost the party in the election.”If Chacko’s assertions do come true, it will imply that the Left entrance would break Kerala’s rule of getting different governments as the ability within the state has alternated between the CPI(M) led LDF entrance and UDF entrance led by the grand previous occasion.