Vellappally Natesan has been reelected secretary of the Sree Narayana (SN) Trust. Mr. Natesan’s panel was elected unopposed. While M.N. Soman clinched another term as SN Trust chairman, Thushar Vellappally was re-elected assistant secretary. G. Jayadevan was elected treasurer of the trust.
The results of the election were declared in a meeting of the SN Trust held at Cherthala on Saturday.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. Natesan criticised the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) attempt to court the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). He said that the LDF was voted to power by the lower strata of society and backward sections without the support of the IUML. “The LDF’s move to bring the IUML to its fold has pained those who supported and voted for it,” Mr. Natesan said, adding that failure to woo the IUML was a jolt to the ruling front.
He said that the IUML would do hard bargaining with the Congress to clinch a third seat for Lok Sabha elections in the State. “The Congress will ultimately give an additional seat to the IUML. Eventually, the Congress will be wiped out of the Malabar region,” Mr. Natesan said.
