Congress veteran K.V. Thomas appeared to have crossed the Rubicon on Friday. Mr. Thomas seemed headed to the 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) venue to attend a seminar on challenges to federalism, allegedly denying a diktat purportedly from Congress national president Sonia Gandhi herself.
The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) reportedly felt that Mr. Thomas is in breach of party discipline. Sashi Tharoor, MP, and Ramesh Chennithala, MLA, had dodged the CPI(M) invitation after the KPCC urged them to skip the event.