Tharoor’s employees conflict with Congress Thiruvananthapuram district secretary at DCC workplace

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  At a time when uncertainty looms giant over Shashi Tharoor’s candidature within the subsequent elections, his private employees members clashed with occasion staff, together with its district secretary, outdoors the venue of Congress’ ballot preparatory assembly for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. 

District Congress secretary Thampanoor Satheesh mentioned Tharoor’s private employees, together with Praveen Ram, unleashed expletives and heckled him on the District Congress Committee (DCC) workplace the place the assembly, attended by Tharoor, was underway.

The assembly was held underneath the aegis of former Pathanamthitta district chief P Mohanraj, who’s at present answerable for election preparations within the Thiruvananthapuram LS constituency. When Tharoor arrived for the assembly, Satheesh urged Mohanraj to not enable the MP’s private employees contained in the assembly corridor. Mohanraj conveyed the matter to Tharoor. Later, the private employees exited the corridor, apparently after Tharoor despatched them a message over the cellular, to go away.

Satheesh instructed TNIE that he needed to go away the assembly earlier as a result of dying of his neighbour. “When I got out of office, five to six persons belonging to Tharoor’s personal staff came and unleashed expletives on me,” he mentioned. 

Will complain to Sudhakaran: Thampanoor Satheesh

“They also heckled me. On hearing the commotion, DCC leaders came out. Following the intervention of senior leaders, Tharoor managed to get into the car and left,” mentioned Satheesh. “It was these personal staff, headed by Praveen Ram, who had always been preventing Tharoor from meeting local Congress leaders. I have been working for Tharoor’s victory for the past 14 years,” mentioned Satheesh.

He mentioned he’ll complain to state Congress president Ok Sudhakaran on Monday. Satheesh added that he’ll resolve whether or not to maneuver legally, relying on the end result of his grievance. However, Praveen Ram didn’t reply to TNIE’s repeated calls.

The assembly on election preparations within the seven meeting segments underneath the Thiruvananthapuram LS constituency had been being held over the previous two days. On Sunday, native Congress staff from the Kazhakootam meeting phase expressed their displeasure to Tharoor when he left the assembly early.

Their grievance was primarily in opposition to Tharoor’s absence in his constituency throughout the 2020 native physique election, pandemic time and Bharat Jodo Yatra. An area Congress chief instructed TNIE that Tharoor assured the agitated leaders that he would talk about the problems later.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  At a time when uncertainty looms giant over Shashi Tharoor’s candidature within the subsequent elections, his private employees members clashed with occasion staff, together with its district secretary, outdoors the venue of Congress’ ballot preparatory assembly for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. 

District Congress secretary Thampanoor Satheesh mentioned Tharoor’s private employees, together with Praveen Ram, unleashed expletives and heckled him on the District Congress Committee (DCC) workplace the place the assembly, attended by Tharoor, was underway.

The assembly was held underneath the aegis of former Pathanamthitta district chief P Mohanraj, who’s at present answerable for election preparations within the Thiruvananthapuram LS constituency. When Tharoor arrived for the assembly, Satheesh urged Mohanraj to not enable the MP’s private employees contained in the assembly corridor. Mohanraj conveyed the matter to Tharoor. Later, the private employees exited the corridor, apparently after Tharoor despatched them a message over the cellular, to go away.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Satheesh instructed TNIE that he needed to go away the assembly earlier as a result of dying of his neighbour. “When I got out of office, five to six persons belonging to Tharoor’s personal staff came and unleashed expletives on me,” he mentioned. 

Will complain to Sudhakaran: Thampanoor Satheesh

“They also heckled me. On hearing the commotion, DCC leaders came out. Following the intervention of senior leaders, Tharoor managed to get into the car and left,” mentioned Satheesh. “It was these personal staff, headed by Praveen Ram, who had always been preventing Tharoor from meeting local Congress leaders. I have been working for Tharoor’s victory for the past 14 years,” mentioned Satheesh.

He mentioned he’ll complain to state Congress president Ok Sudhakaran on Monday. Satheesh added that he’ll resolve whether or not to maneuver legally, relying on the end result of his grievance. However, Praveen Ram didn’t reply to TNIE’s repeated calls.

The assembly on election preparations within the seven meeting segments underneath the Thiruvananthapuram LS constituency had been being held over the previous two days. On Sunday, native Congress staff from the Kazhakootam meeting phase expressed their displeasure to Tharoor when he left the assembly early.

Their grievance was primarily in opposition to Tharoor’s absence in his constituency throughout the 2020 native physique election, pandemic time and Bharat Jodo Yatra. An area Congress chief instructed TNIE that Tharoor assured the agitated leaders that he would talk about the problems later.