The All India Congress Committee (AICC) appears to have denied “dissident” Congress leader K.V. Thomas an opportunity of playing the martyr by stopping short of expelling him from the party’s primary membership.
According to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office-bearers, the AICC's disciplinary action committee headed by A.K. Antony has urged the high command to strip Mr. Thomas of his lofty standing in the organisational hierarchy and relegate him to the relatively subaltern role of a booth-level Congress worker for at least two years.
At present, Mr. Thomas holds membership in the AICC and the KPCC's political affairs committee. He has promised to remain a Congress worker and abide by national president Sonia Gandhi's decision.
