Kochi: There were no NCP leaders or prior followers to trail Mani C Kappan's uncermonious exit to UDF. All of party’s state leaders including party’s state president, TP Pitambaran Master, denounced Kappan’s decision. Responses across 14 districts crumbled Kappan’s boast of 7 district presidents on side with him. The sole exception is Kottayam district president who was appointed to the post as Kappan’s nominee. No other leader in the district took to that view and NCP workers in Pala held demonstrations over what they termed was gross deceit on part of Kappan.
In Kottayam, NCP will stand steadfast by LDF, said state secretary and KSFE Director K Ananadakuttan. 9 mandala committees in the district reiterated that stand. The district president does not have much to do with the party itself and held the post on being nominated by Kappan for a time up to the organisational elections. Kappan had betrayed LDF and NCP, said NCP leaders in Kottayam, a sentiment that triggered protest demonstrations in Pala.
Thiruvananthapuram District Committee too denounced Kappan’s exit. The district committee will stand by LDF said district presient Nandiode B Subhash Chandran. The decision came affirmed at a meeting held Friday in the capital.
NCP’s Kollam District Committee too endorsed alignment with LDF with its office bearers and leaders including District president R K Saseedharan Pillai, State Committee member S Pradeep Kumar, T Ayub Khan, Working Committee member G Padmakumar, and office bearers at 11 mandala committees affirming the stand.
In Alappuzha, office bearers at NCP’s nine constituencies have affirmed their ties with LDF, said district president N Santhosh Kumar.
In Pathanamthitta, 4 out of 5 mandala committees signaled continued alliance with LDF. Of the total 13 state committees, 11 have affirmed their alignment with LDF while 2 said they will go by the central decision.
In Idukki, the district president, Anil Kumar, endorsed the district committee’s decision to stand by LDF adding that, a meeting held recently had affirmed that no body would trail after Kappan in exit. Kappan has triggered unnecessary debates even as party prepares to commence seat-haring talks. The party’s chief aim is to ensure LDF’s continued rule in state, he added.
In Thrissur, the NCP district president, TK Unnikrishnan, affirmed continued alliance with LDF. Kappan’s cross-over will not affect the NCP in the district in any manner, he added.
In Palakkad, NCP general secretary, Rasakh Moulavi, said all of the party’s office bearers including district president will stand by party’s decision. 11 of the 12 Block Presients, 2 Block Panchayat members, 2 grama Panachayat Vice Presidents and members of other grama panchayats have endorsed this matter, he said.
In Malappuram, the District Committee has endorsed it ties with LDF.The district president TN Shivadasan said, Kappan’s switch to UDF will cause no adverse effects in the district. NCP is an integral part of the Left front, member of NCP’s National Council, NA Muhammad Kutty had affirmed recently. The national leadership had clarified its view regarding that, he added.
The Kozhikode District President, MukkamMuhammad, said district committee in Kozhikode stands by LDF. NCP office bearers and workers will continue to work with LDF. Not a worker from the district will follow Kappan in his betraying exit, he added.
In Wayanad, district president Anil Master and state member, CM Sivakumar informed that all of NCP’s workers and office bearers in the district will work solemnly with LDF.
There is no NCP decision to ally with UDF, said Kannur District president Ramachandran Nellankari. Decisions will be announced once the central committee takes call on the issue, he added.
In case of Pala seat, NCP will not take and individual-based decision, said the party’s district president for Kozhikode, Adv CV Damodharan. The state and district committees will go by whatever the central committee decides. All other debates are unnecessary, he added.
