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A territory Congress person connected Wednesday revolted successful AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal’s location turf, Alappuzha, implicit the party’s candidates’ database for the upcoming Assembly polls and announced that helium volition contention arsenic an Independent successful the Kuttanad constituency.
Mr. Venugopal represents the Alappuzha constituency successful the Lok Sabha. As the grand-old enactment is engaged finalising its candidates database for the April 9 polls, its DCC vice-president Saji Joseph connected Wednesday resigned from the enactment successful this coastal territory and announced helium would contention arsenic an Independent from the Kuttanad Assembly constituency.
The leadership’s determination to springiness the Kuttanad spot to a United Democratic Front ally, Kerala Congress (Joseph) faction, against the reported petition of the section Congress leaders and workers, irked Mr. Joseph and those who supported him.
Addressing a property league here, helium said determination had been persistent demands wrong the Congress present to reclaim the Kuttanad spot and tract a enactment campaigner there.
Declaring himself a rebel candidate, Mr. Joseph said helium would instrumentality connected the authoritative UDF nominee successful the upcoming polls arsenic a people of protest.
The property league besides witnessed affectional scenes arsenic the person broke down portion speaking astir his agelong relation with the Congress, stating that helium had been portion of the question “since birth” and had made important sacrifices for the party.
He maintained that helium had ne'er shied distant from agitations, including constabulary enactment during protests.
However, Mr. Joseph said his determination to contention was driven by the request to support the “self-respect” of the radical of Kuttanad.
Calling it a combat against “two large fiscal forces,” Mr. Joseph admitted that helium faced superior fiscal constraints successful mounting his run but expressed assurance successful securing a decisive victory.
He further claimed that respective enactment workers and leaders would discontinue the Congress and articulation him successful his campaign. Ruling retired immoderate anticipation of withdrawing from the contest, Mr. Joseph besides expressed sadness implicit leaving the Grand Old Party.
