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Resignations are haunting the Congress enactment successful Thrissur yet again. Soon aft Kuriachira councillor Nimmi Rappai discontinue the party, 2 much leaders person followed suit, deepening the turmoil.
Those who resigned connected Saturday are East mandalam president George Chandy and Ollur artifact caput and erstwhile councillor Shomy Francis. Another leader, DCC wide caput Ravi Thanikkal resigned from each enactment posts., though helium remains a enactment member.
Mr. Chandy, a erstwhile Corporation councillor, has announced that helium volition contention arsenic an Independent from Mission Quarters division. He accused the enactment of fielding Baiju Varghese, whom helium described arsenic idiosyncratic ‘who had worked against the Congress.’ Mr. Chandy is the lad of seasoned Congress person and erstwhile councillor Josy Chandy. Mission Quarters has agelong been considered a Congress stronghold. The exit of a cardinal person from this part has added to the party’s worries.
Allegations
Mr. Francis, meanwhile, volition contention arsenic an Independent from the Kuriachira division. He said helium had resigned successful protestation aft the spot was allotted to Sajeevan Kuriachira, a adjacent confidante of elder Congress person K. Muraleedharan. Mr. Francis alleged that Mr. Kuriachira has been absent from the part for 15 years and added that the enactment had sidelined and deceived him.
The UDF suffered yet different setback, hardly hours aft releasing its database of candidates, erstwhile Mr. Thanikkal resigned from each enactment posts. He besides stepped down arsenic the UDF’s mandalam-level office-bearer. Mr. Thanikkal said helium discontinue aft being dropped from the campaigner database astatine the past minute. He was initially considered for the Kuriachira division, but his sanction was aboriginal omitted without explanation. Mr. Thanikkal is the lad of erstwhile Irinjalakuda MLA Jose Thanikkal.
Earlier, councillor Ms. Rappai had resigned aft being denied a Congress summons for the section assemblage elections. She said she would articulation the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and contention from the Ollur part connected that party’s NCP ticket.
With aggregate exits, the Congress successful Thrissur is present grappling with a increasing rebellion and the imaginable of a fractured ballot successful respective cardinal divisions.
