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In a important improvement up of the Kerala Assembly elections, the Nair Service Society (NSS) has dissolved its Pathanapuram taluk national committee successful Kollam headed by Transport Minister and Kerala Congress (B) person K.B. Ganesh Kumar.
Sources successful the assemblage organisation said the determination to disband the committee was taken pursuing a petition submitted by a bulk of its members. The NSS enactment has besides appointed an interim advertisement hoc committee, chaired by elder subordinate K. Thankappan Pillai, to oversee the time to time affairs of the union.
Mr. Ganesh Kumar has been astatine loggerheads with the NSS Pathanapuram taluk national for immoderate clip implicit assorted issues. These see allegations of one-upmanship arsenic good arsenic disputes related to the utilisation of funds for the operation of Padma Café, a edifice concatenation of the NSS, nether the union.
Earlier past week, 10 retired of the 19 members of the national committee had straight met NSS wide caput G. Sukumaran Nair and tendered their resignations. Though 2 of them aboriginal attempted to retreat their resignations, reportedly nether intimidation by the Minister, the determination failed aft the NSS enactment insisted that members seeking to retreat their resignations look successful person. Subsequently, NSS registrar Sasidharan Nair dissolved the committee.
Though removed from the station of president of the taluk union, Mr. Ganesh Kumar volition proceed arsenic a subordinate of the NSS committee of directors.
Minister’s stance
Responding to reporters, Mr. Ganesh Kumar alleged that determination were governmental motives down the move. “My father, R. Balakrishna Pillai, was the 1 who built the Pathanapuram NSS taluk union, which present holds assets worthy ₹300 crore. Some radical are trying to instrumentality implicit this asset,” helium said.
NSS officials, however, maintained that the determination to dissolve the taluk national committee was taken strictly successful accordance with the established procedures. “Despite being fixed ample clip by the NSS enactment to show his bulk wrong the union, Mr. Ganesh Kumar was incapable to bash so,” they said.
They besides indicated that the assemblage organisation had grown progressively dissatisfied with the controversies surrounding Mr. Ganesh Kumar successful caller months, including the allegations of infidelity raised by his wife. They besides pointed to earlier calls demanding to relieve the Minister of his organisational responsibilities, citing a diversion from his spiritual practice.
Balakrishna Pillai had served arsenic the president of the Pathanapuram taluk national for 64 years, from 1957 until his passing successful May 2021. Mr. Ganesh Kumar assumed complaint successful 2021.
