A majority of Congress MPs from Kerala seemed to face a diminished deselection threat in the next Lok Sabha elections if the signals emanating from the party’s Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) meeting in Thrissur on Sunday are anything to go by.
An insider said that the PEC seemed intent on avoiding the risk of a shambolic, contentious and protracted selection process and concurred in principle to field most of the sitting MPs again.
However, some hitches remain. For one, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran and senior leader Kodikkunnil Suresh have expressed their willingness to stay out for different reasons. They represent the Kannur and Mavelikara LS constituencies respectively.
