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- Congress leaders in Kerala voiced frustration over delays in restructuring the state and district party committees at a KPCC Political Affairs Committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
- KPCC president Sunny Joseph has volunteered to step down but the central leadership has not acted three months on, while two working presidents and five district committee presidents also hold ministerial or legislative posts.
- Leaders said the party organisation has been inert since the Congress-led government came to power in Kerala, leaving no forum to publicise the government's achievements such as cleared welfare pension arrears and the Operation Toofan anti-narcotics drive.
- Chief Minister V.D.
- Satheesan told the meeting a Cabinet subcommittee would study the PM-SHRI scheme, with curriculum authority and school selection to rest with the State if it proceeds.
- The revamp matters because the party risks losing its interface with the public while key posts remain held by busy ministers and legislators.
What to watch next
- Whether the Congress high command appoints a new KPCC president and revamps the DCC committees
- The Cabinet subcommittee's findings on the PM-SHRI scheme and the State retaining curriculum authority
- The decision on sharing boards and corporations among UDF constituents, due by September 15
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Anonymous Leader
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“The KPCC president has almost relinquished his role as he is preoccupied with heading the Electricity Ministry. Three months after he volunteered to step down as president of the party in the State, the central leadership has yet to act.”
In the article
…took over, members almost unanimously demanded that the high command take urgent steps to revamp the organisation, which has been in a state of inertia ever since the Congress-led government came to power in Keralam. “ The KPCC president has almost relinquished his role as he is preoccupied with heading the Electricity Ministry. Three months after he volunteered to step down as president of the party in the State, the central leadership has yet to act. The high command swiftly appointed full-time office-bearers in States like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu when the need arose. Apart from Sunny Joseph, the KPCC president, two of the working presidents are also Ministers in…
“A reluctant president is a burden on the party. The interface with the government is therefore lost for the people,”
In the article
…organising the Onam festivities rather well and launching an anti-narcotics crackdown through Operation Toofan, the party has not been able to hold a meeting to discuss ways to take its achievements to the people. “ A reluctant president is a burden on the party. The interface with the government is therefore lost for the people, ” he added. On PM-SHRI The meeting also saw Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan explain why the government constituted a three-member Cabinet subcommittee to study the feasibility of going ahead with the PM-SHRI scheme. While…
Sunny Joseph
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“organisational decorum was not followed”
In the article
…Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph has admitted that organisational decorum was not followed during an interaction between Chirayinkeezhu MLA Ramya Haridas and local party workers, which escalated into a scuffle. Mr. Joseph said a three-member committee had been appointed to investigate the matter and submit a…
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- Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee internal friction· weeks
- KPCC organizational structure restructuring delay· weeks
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Named India · District Congress Committees · Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee · Kozhikode · PA Mohammed Riyas · T.M. Thomas Isaac · TP Ramakrishnan · Veena T · Bharatiya Janata Party · Communist Party of India (Marxist) · Congress · Deepa Dasmunsi · Enforcement Directorate
- Hindustan TimesCPI(M) meet concludes, no major leadership changes[1]English national· neutral
- The Hindu — KeralaKPCC appoints 3-member panel to examine scuffle involving Keralam MLA Ramya Haridas[2]English national· neutral
- The HinduPolitical Affairs Committee members resent delay in revamping Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee[3]English national· critical
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