The revelry among Youth Congress on news of young and new faces for elections is rather short-lived. According to sources, the bulk of new entrants comprise children or children-in-law of party seniors including sons of AK Antony and Oomen Chandy.
Kids of some late leaders too have found their way into the new list. The list includes sons of former minister from Thrissur CV Baladrishnan and daughter of ex-MP from Wayanad MA Shanavas.
Thus, candidates this time around would be: Oomen Chandy’s son Chandy Oomen; AK Antony’s son Anil Antony; Former MLA K Achuthan’s son Sumesh and so forth. Antony’s son will reportedly fight polls from Alappuzha. In the past, AK Antony has contested from Cherthala.
During local body election days, it was suggested to tout Oomen Chandy’s son ,Chandy Oomen as District Panchayat candidate. However, the idea was shelved owing to fierce opposition. Meanwhile, there is growing dissent among party workers over roping in heirs into election fray and complaints en masse have begun flooding before High Command on the topic.
