Congress High Command to undertake organisational revamp of party in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress High Command is set to undertake the organisational revamping directly in the State.
The top leadership is peeved with state president K Sudhakaran and Opposition Leader V D Satheesan for lack of consultations with senior leaders while making crucial party decisions. That’s the reason why the high command has led them to take this extreme step.
In a highly confidential report pending before Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, a slew of recommendations has been put forth by the AICC office bearers.
The recommendations include four District Congress Committee presidents among 14 DCCs and 11 among 21 general secretaries who have to be removed from office. They are purportedly either underperforming, tainted or not risen to the expectations of the AICC.
During July, the two AICC secretaries in charge of the state, Perumal Viswanath and P V Mohan were huddled with the DCC and KPCC office bearers to take stock of their performance during the last three years.
However, they realised that except for Ernakulam, Kannur and Malappuram DCCs, the remaining have cut a sorry figure. Former Thrissur DCC president Jose Valloor was forced to step down from office due to the poll debacle in the Lok Sabha election there which saw the BJP opening its account.
Currently, Palakkad MP V K Sreekandan is holding charge of Thrissur DCC. Since Sreekandan took over the mantle recently, his performance as Thrissur DCC president was not taken into consideration.
