With a view to outmatching the emerging challenges to its traditional vote bank in Central Travancore, the Kerala Congress led by P.J. Joseph has kick-started an exercise to overhaul its organisational muscle.
The exercise, according to the party leadership, will draw to a close with the constitution of a new State committee on December 10. Based on a revised list of voters that followed a State-wide membership campaign, the party has begun elections to its ward level committees while the reorganisation of mandal committees is slated to finish by October 15.
The organisational elections in the Kerala Congress follows a merger of the Joseph group with the Kerala Congress faction led by P.C. Thomas in April last year. The exercise was announced at a time when the regional party seemed drifting towards yet another phase of infighting.
