By some accounts, the meeting of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) at the Indira Bhavan here on Monday was a stern-faced affair.
Several PAC members, who met behind closed doors, are rumoured to have argued against smoothing over Congress leader P. J. Kurien’s article “criticising” the party’s national leadership. They reportedly felt a swift and firm reprimand for disciplinary issues was in order. If not, the KPCC leadership arguably risked looking like it had lost control of the party's whip.
Referring every disciplinary matter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) could appear as if the high command was forcing decisions on the State-unit on provincial issues.
