KPCC president K Sudhakaran said on Saturday that the party leadership was ready for discussions with senior leaders Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala in the aftermath of the row over selection of DCC presidents.
Sudhakaran said that talks would be held with the leaders and problems would be resolved. “I have already called Oommen Chandy. We are still very much on talking terms. Some people are just taking advantage of the situation. We trust in Chandy. We will talk and make him understand the situation,” said Sudhakaran. He said that the leadership would also hold talks with Chennithala. “We will talk and resolve the problems amicably.
In Congress politics, this is just a breeze in the midst of a storm. Issues bigger than this has happened in Congress and we have settled all of them. There is no need to portray it as such a huge crisis.
Considering the sea change the party is undergoing, these are all minor problems. We will overcome all these issues,” Sudhakaran said. Asked about the comments being made by leaders, Sudhakaran said that it would be stopped and it would end. Speaking at a meeting, Sudhakaran said that there was no other party like Congress that allows such a freedom of expression.
“However, I would like to specifically remind the leaders and workers that such expression of opinion should remain within the party. Taking freedom above that will only weaken the party and affect the party’s image. You and I are working hard not to weaken the party but to strengthen it,” said Sudhakaran. He said that eligible people had been ignored only due to ‘groupism’.
“They have a good reputation in their hometowns. But none of them have any positions. They don’t have it because they were not part of any groups,” said Sudhakaran, adding that organizational elections should happen in the party.
He said that the party members can approach the leadership with criticism and suggestions. “Through a total makeover, we are working to form a disciplined party with a semi-cadre system that would strengthen the party,” he said. The KPCC chief said that the Congress you are going to see after the next six months would not be the Congress that you saw yesterday.
He said that the fact that a chief minister who had got entangled in a gold smuggling scandal came back to power, has obviously rattled the Congress cadres. Sudhakaran said that surveys that he held has brought to the fore the weakness of Congress at the grassroots level. “We will select 2,500 cadres. These workers will dedicate themselves to the party for three years.
These workers will be trained in batches. They will be deployed in areas where the organization is weak. They will be given assistance and allowances. They will form micro units as well,” Sudhakaran said. He said that permanent political schools would be installed in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram. A two-day workshop for the new DCC presidents will be held in Thiruvananthapuram as well, he said.
