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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G Anand

Fractures threaten to resurface in Congress

Fractures in the Congress in Kerala threatened to resurface again on Friday with Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan perceiving an intra-party plot to drive a wedge between the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaderships.

Mr. Satheesan's arguably "provocative" assertion assumed organisational significance for the party against the backdrop of a widely circulated "rumour" that KPCC president K. Sudhakaran had distanced himself from Mr. Satheesan.

The grapevine was that Mr. Sudhakaran felt Mr. Satheesan had blindsided him by orchestrating strident opposition to the preselection of District Congress Committee (DCC) and block committee office-bearers.

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