Fracas in the Kerala Congress (M) [KC(M)] in the wake of the bar bribery case has opened the doors for the revival of the Kerala Congress (Secular) [KC(S)] with former MLA T.S. John as its chairman.
The party, formed in 2005 and merged with KC(M) in 2009, has been revitalised in protest against the removal of KC(M) vice-chairman P.C. George as Chief Whip of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and from the coalition’s high-power committee, Mr. John told the media here on Saturday.
He said M.T. Joseph is the working president of the party and George Kuruvila, its treasurer. “The reconstituted State committee has two vice-chairmen and four general secretaries,” he said.
Demanding Finance Minister K.M. Mani’s resignation in view of the ongoing corruption case against him, Mr. John said the revived party would stay within the UDF. “The party members who got elected to local bodies or the State Assembly under the UDF banner will obey the coalition’s whip till their term gets over,” he said.
Mr. George would not join the party right now as it would cost him the MLA post under anti-defection law. He, however, would keep the fight against corruption on. Mr. John said all former district leaders of the party, except its district president in Ernakulam, supported the decisions. A few senior leaders of the KC(M), too, welcomed the decision to revitalise the party, he said.
