Sobha Surendran meets PM Modi as points in Kerala BJP nonetheless stay

Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP senior chief Sobha Surendran met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday in what was formally termed as a courtesy name. But it’s reliably learnt that organisational points within the BJP state unit figured prominently within the dialogue. 

Sobha’s assembly with Modi a day forward of his go to to the state assumes significance because the firebrand girl chief returned to lively politics just lately following the intervention of BJP nationwide president J P Nadda. Sobha, a former member of the BJP nationwide government, had been retaining away from public life for practically a yr after being sidelined to a much less vital submit of state vice-president by the get together’s official faction. 

Though the state management was all the time in denial mode about dissidence within the get together, Nadda selected to take the bull by its horns when he landed within the state just lately. While admitting that there have been complaints from a piece throughout the get together, he exuded hope that will probably be resolved internally. Nadda’s reassurance and his candid admission that he had tasked nationwide normal secretary Arun Singh to resolve the problem, paved method for Sobha to take part in a celebration perform and a public assembly attended by Nadda the very subsequent day.

“The Prime Minister choosing to meet Sobha in New Delhi though he is slated to visit the state the very next day is significant. It can also be interpreted as a message to the state leadership to take all sections within the party into confidence before heading for the crucial assembly election,” stated a former state president requesting anonymity.  

According to sources, Sobha is known to have highlighted that near 1,500 leaders at numerous ranges of the get together have been saved out of organisational duties purely on the idea of their factional allegiance. Addressing this discrimination was one of many main calls for of the dissidents, together with senior leaders P Ok Velayudhan and Ok P Sreeshan.

Sobha’s assembly with Modi can be seen by a piece throughout the get together as a sign that the girl chief could also be given some key organisational duties. Besides being a member of the get together’s nationwide government, she was additionally the co-convenor of the get together’s nationwide membership marketing campaign committee in 2019.