Kerala Assembly polls: KPCC tries to persuade K. Sudhakaran to step back from Kannur race; MP’s emotional post sparks debate

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has intensified efforts to transportation K. Sudhakaran, MP, to retreat from the contention for the Assembly spot from Kannur constituency, adjacent arsenic his affectional societal media station defending his determination to contention has triggered governmental treatment wrong the party.

KPCC president Sunny Joseph met Mr. Sudhakaran successful New Delhi precocious and reportedly conveyed that the last determination connected candidates would beryllium taken by the enactment High Command. The gathering was portion of the enactment leadership’s effort to person Mr. Sudhakaran to measurement backmost from the contest.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sudhakaran’s affectional connection connected his Facebook leafage has go a talking constituent successful governmental circles. In the post, helium said helium had ever stood successful the forefront to support Congress workers successful Kannur, comparing his relation to that of “a parent hen shielding her chicks from stones, knives and bombs.”

Mr. Sudhakaran said galore leaders presently successful Kannur had grown politically nether his guidance. “There is nary Kannur I bash not know, and determination is nary Kannur that does not cognize me,” helium wrote, asserting that helium would ever stay astatine the forefront “carrying the Congress tricolour” for the district.

Mr. Sudhakaran stated that Kannur was his “heart’s blood” and that the Congress successful Kannur remained his identity. He besides said helium could not “remain a soundless spectator if communist forces” attacked the Congress workers helium had “protected done struggles.”

Recalling the convulsive governmental past of the district, Mr. Sudhakaran said described Kannur arsenic “a onshore soaked successful the sacrifice and conflict by Congress workers.”

Meanwhile, supporters person been visiting Mr. Sudhakaran astatine his residence to explicit solidarity and request that helium beryllium fielded arsenic the Congress campaigner from the Kannur constituency.

Posters supporting Mr. Sudhakaran appeared successful beforehand of the District Congress Committee (DCC) bureau successful Kannur. The posters, enactment up connected the bureau premises and adjacent buildings, urged the enactment to tract “Kannur’s person K. Sudhakaran“ successful the constituency. Some posters besides carried the message: “K. Sudhakaran is the emotion of Congress workers. Attempts to sideline him volition person repercussions.”

Mr. Sudhakaran’s announcement of his readiness to contention had drawn a crisp effect from the KPCC president and Kannur DCC president Martin George who cited that the last determination astir the campaigner volition beryllium taken by the All India Congress Committee.