‘Top leaders practising groupism’: PC Chacko proclaims resignation from Congress

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a dramatic transfer, senior Congress chief P C Chacko has resigned from the social gathering, citing neglect, factionalism and lack of management. Announcing his resignation at New Delhi, he lashed out at social gathering leaders in Kerala and likewise on the AICC management.

Chacko’s resignation from the social gathering comes at a time when the AICC appointed Screening Committee has been holding marathon stage talks since Monday night on the Congress candidates for the Assembly elections. Chacko being a member of the 40-member Election Committee appointed by the AICC management had knowledgeable in its final assembly that his title needn’t be thought of from Chalakudy.

But the most recent transfer to name it quits from the Congress by the four-time Lok Sabha MP has undoubtedly caught the KPCC and AICC management unawares. While informing that he has tendered his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and likewise despatched a replica of the letter to Rahul Gandhi, he maintained that there isn’t any Congress social gathering in Kerala, solely “A” Congress and “I” Congress.

“These two Congress parties have divided the seats between themselves. Factionalism is the biggest bane of the Congress party in the state. I have been continuously arguing with the Congress high command about the rampant factionalism which has affected the party. But they didn’t heed my request and did not do anything to end the factionalism. It is impossible to work in the state Congress without showing any group leanings. V M Sudheeran was also forced out from the party due to factionalism,” mentioned a peeved Chacko.

Ever since 74-year-old Chacko misplaced the Chalakudy Lok Sabha seat within the 2014 normal elections after swapping the Thrissur seat with Ok P Dhanapalan, he had turn into ‘undesirable’ amongst Congress leaders from the state. It was his rapport with the AICC management that helped him get the Chalakudy seat as an alternative of his then sitting seat of Thrissur. The AICC management was eager to exit of the field to return the favour, following his function as chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the two G Spectrum probe which gave the Congress a clear chit.

Even when Chacko used to attend the KPCC’s excessive energy 21-member Political Affairs Committee assembly at Indira Bhavan, he was extremely crucial of the social gathering management within the state. An articulate chief, Chacko by no means used to mince his phrases when he needed to convey his displeasure in opposition to his detractors within the social gathering.

“No one has seen the probable candidate list submitted before the Screening Committee. I haven’t decided on what lies ahead for me. The people are keen to see the Congress coming back to power, but groupism has been a stumbling block,” added Chacko.

It needs to be recalled that Chacko had not been a celebration to the signature marketing campaign in opposition to the AICC management by the G 23 leaders. Unleashing a tirade in opposition to the AICC management, Chacko maintained that it was unlucky that even one-and-a-half years after the Lok Sabha ballot debacle, the social gathering is but to discover a appropriate chief.

In a veiled assault in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, Chacko additionally cited the central management’s failure in tackling the BJP’s strides within the nation. He needed to stop the function of AICC in-charge of Delhi following the ballot debacle the Congress acquired by the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party. Now all eyes are on Chacko’s subsequent transfer.