Dispute between Satheesan, INTUC reaches Congress central management
Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The dispute between chief of the Opposition VD Satheesan and the INTUC state management over the character of affiliation of INTUC with the mother or father Congress get together has come up earlier than the central management for decision. The assertion of Satheesan on the day after the final strike that INTUC was not a feeder organisation of the Congress has irked the union leaders who’ve come out with statements countering Satheesan.
Trade union employees additionally took out protest marches in Changanassery and Kazhakootam in opposition to Satheesan. Even although Satheesan determined to not escalate the problem, State Congress president Okay Sudhakaran has introduced it to the eye of nationwide president Sonia Gandhi.
Satheesan and INTUC state president R Chandrasekharan had shared a very good camaraderie. But the latter felt antagonised when Satheesan snubbed the commerce union. According to the structure of the Congress, the frontal organisations are Youth Congress, National Students Union of India, Mahila Congress and Sevadal. INTUC has all the time been thought of a separate entity of the Congress.
The commerce union having a power of 17.36 lakh varieties the core help base of Congress. Satheesan advised TNIE that because the chief of the Opposition, he can not endorse the violence initiated by commerce union activists.
“It is unlucky that they’ve focused me when I’ve been holding the utmost variety of office-bearer posts, after senior leaders like Vayalar Ravi and Oommen Chandy, in varied sectors belonging to the INTUC, “ mentioned Satheesan, including that the problem is a closed chapter.
However, on the on-line assembly of state Congress office-bearers and district Congress chiefs known as by Sudhakaran, nearly all of them sought motion in opposition to Chandrasekharan. A high INTUC chief advised TNIE that the final word goal is to strengthen the labour pressure and likewise the Congress.
“The labourers under the INTUC may not have gone through its constitution. For them, being a part of the INTUC is a matter of sentimental value. So the top leadership of the Congress should not have disowned the trade union workers openly”, mentioned the chief.
