Senior Congress leaders of Kerala, including Ex-Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Ex- Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, are likely to brief Rahul Gandhi on state unit President K. Sudhakaran “cold-shouldering” them in finalizing the list of District Congress Committee (DCC) chiefs.
Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress President and current MP from the state’s Wayanad, will be on a 3-day visit to his constituency from Monday, August 16. The Congress high command has said that it would not budge on the pressure exerted by senior leaders in the postings of new DCC Presidents in all the fourteen districts of the state.
A senior office-bearer, who is close to the developments said: "This is the best time for the Congress high command to put an end to factionalism in the state Congress. The party high command is taking the state Congress chief along with his team of Working Presidents into confidence.
The party high command along with the senior leaders of Kerala had decided that it needs a total revamp of the state Congress unit and as a prelude to this, the DCC Presidents were to be appointed and a list of probable candidates was handed over to the party national leadership.
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