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The current plan is to have 51 office bearers including 15 Vice presidents

Political Affairs Committee: Inaugural Setback For K Sudhakaran; K Muraleedharan Boycotts Meeting

Special CorrespondentUpdated: Thursday Jun 24, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram : K Sudhakaran’s plan for  party overhaul suffers setback at the very beginning with K Muraleedharan boycotting KPCC’s Political Affairs Committee meeting. Although the meeting was the first after K Sudhakaran became president, K Muraleedharan did not make his appearance despite  being very much in town. Former KPCC presidents VM Sudheeran and MM Hassan had stayed out of a pre-meeting discussion Sudhakaran held  with the party leaders. With leaders letting on their discontent openly thus, Sudhakaran's overhaul plan has hit brick wall.

The Political Affairs Committee decided to do away with jumbo committees and reducing   KPCC office bearer numbers  to 51. The scenario could mean  all the DCC presidents face ouster. Oomen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala  do not agree with Sudhakaran’s shrink plan.  Sudhakaran and VD Satheeshan had initially proposed a cut-back to  under 25 – a proposition Oomen Chandy and Chennithala jointly opposed.  It was later revised to having 3 Vice Presidents, 15 General Secretaries and  total strength to a maximum of  51.

Sudhakaran made it known at the very outset that  staff  proportions will not be group-based and  anti-Sudhakaran folks view this as a strategy for  wiping out veterans.  Incidentally,  leaders do not think much of Sudhakaran’s warning of action against violating party discipline.

Before the meeting, Satheeshan and Sudhakaran held discussions  with Oomen Chandy, Chennithala and Mullappally – a talk-session that Muraleedharan, Sudheeran and Hassan were not invited to.  Muraleedharan’s boycott of the Political Affairs Committee meeting is viewed as reaction to that exclusion. Muraleedharan is not opposed to the any decision and spoke over telephone, said Sudhakaran downplaying his absence.
 


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