
After group clashes, Thrissur DCC president Jose Vallur and UDF district chairman M.P. Vincent quit
The Hindu
Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC) president Jose Vallur and United Democratic Front (UDF) district chairman M.P. Vincent resigned on June 10 following the untoward incidents that happened in the DCC office recently
Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC) president Jose Vallur and United Democratic Front (UDF) district chairman M.P. Vincent resigned on June 10 following the untoward incidents that happened in the DCC office recently.
Designated Palakkad MP V.K. Sreekandan has been given temporary charge of Thrissur DCC president.
“The incidents that happened in the DCC office last Friday (June 7) were unfortunate, which diminished party’s image. We are resigning taking the responsibility for the untoward incidents,” said M.P. Vincent after resignation.
They resigned after the district leaders’ meeting held in the DCC office on June 10.
Mr. Vallur and Mr. Vincent earlier met State and national leaders of the party to explain the situation. It is reported that the top leaders asked them to resign from their posts.
The DCC office witnessed minor tensions between the followers of the DCC president and those who oppose the DCC leadership on June 10 too.
Internal scuffles intensified in the Congress party in Thrissur after the humiliating defeat of UDF candidate K. Muraleedharan in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, who was pushed to the third position.

When reporters brought to her notice the claim by villagers that the late maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar had gifted the land to them, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said she is not aware of the matter, but sought to assure people that no effort will be made to take back the land that had been gifted by the late maharaja.