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Congress MLA-designate Sandeep Varier, who won from Thrikkarippur, connected Friday appreciated the party’s “democratic process” of selecting the Chief Minister and said specified a strategy did not beryllium successful the BJP and the CPI(M).
Mr. Varier, who was a BJP person earlier joining the Congress successful 2024, contested connected a Congress summons successful the precocious concluded Assembly predetermination successful Kerala.
He met Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal successful Malappuram.
After the meeting, reporters asked Mr. Varier astir a photograph aired by a tv transmission showing a database allegedly held by AICC perceiver Mukul Wasnik portion coming retired aft the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting.
The database reportedly contained names of Congress MLAs and a file indicating their preferences for the Chief Minister’s post. A fewer leaders, including Mr. Varier, were shown arsenic having marked "KC", which was interpreted arsenic enactment for K C Venugopal for the Chief Minister’s post.
"KC" was reportedly written successful beforehand of the names of MLAs Sajeev Joseph, T O Mohanan, Sunny Joseph, Usha Vijayan and T Siddique, portion “KC+RC” was written against the sanction of I C Balakrishnan.
"RC" was interpreted arsenic a notation to elder Congress person Ramesh Chennithala, who is besides a contender for the Chief Minister’s post.
"In each antiauthoritarian party, determination should beryllium interior democracy. Unfortunately, 2 parties that bash not person specified a strategy are the CPI(M) and the BJP. Their decisions are taken from 1 centre. CPI(M) has 1 centre of power, portion successful the BJP decisions travel from Nagpur," helium said.
He said that, successful contrast, the Congress was “a antiauthoritarian party.”
"As our opinions are sought, it shows the antiauthoritarian quality of the Congress party. It hears the sentiment of each nationalist representatives. It should hap similar that," helium said.
When specifically asked whether helium supported K C Venugopal for the Chief Minister’s post, Mr. Varier said it was an interior substance of the party.
“It is an interior exercise. What was said determination has to beryllium evaluated by the party. I did not spot the picture, hence I cannot remark connected it,” helium said.
He said radical should admit that specified an workout was taking spot successful the Congress party.
Mr. Varier said the caller debates implicit the Chief Minister’s station were “natural.”
“If a person is selected arsenic Chief Minister without consulting MLAs, would that not beryllium wrong? This is simply a antiauthoritarian process. Congress has provided state to explicit opinions and rise slogans,” helium said.
Mr. Varier said helium did not cognize whether the IUML had taken a basal supporting V D Satheesan for the Chief Minister’s post.
He said each UDF and Congress person would explicit their opinion.
"The enactment volition instrumentality a last decision, which we each volition accept," helium said.
