Critical meeting today, Oommen Chandy's replacement?
Critical meeting today, Oommen Chandy's replacement?
Curiosity continues to know who will replace Oommen Chandy as the congress candidate from Puthupally. From the beginning, there were indications that the congress was coming to the decision of a candidate from Oommen Chandy's family. But the final decision is yet to be made. In this regard and as part of the preparations for the Pudupalli by-election, a meeting of the main congress leaders of kottayam district has been decided to be held today. Opposition leader VD Satheesan will also attend the meeting which will be held at 3 pm. trivandrum Radhakrishnan and KC Joseph were given the main responsibility of the election. Today's meeting will mainly discuss the organizational preparations to be made before the elections.
Meanwhile, the CPM is gearing up for the Pudupally by-election despite the sympathy wave. There are indications coming out from LDF that Jake C. Thomas, who data-faced Oommen Chandy the last two times, will enter the fight this time. CPM is preparing party organization system for Pudupally by-election. As a part of this, the responsibility of Panchayats has been distributed to the members of the State Secretariat. By-election preparations are underway with indications that Jake C. Thomas himself may be the candidate.
The CPM is of the opinion that the elections will be held soon. Preparations were made to set up the party system from the bottom up. In six of the eight panchayats, the Left Front is ruling. CPM's work is based on the general feeling that Puthupally is not that bad politically despite the wave of sympathy. As a part of strengthening the organizational system, the responsibility of panchayats has been allotted to the members of the state secretariat in the beginning.