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.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists