An uphill task awaits Kerala’s Congress leader K. Sudhakaran in reconstituting KPCC and DCCs

Though Mr. Sudhakaran says that both former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala support him, in reality, the ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups still dominate the Congress party at all levels

In his public spat with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over Kannur Brennen College campus fights of the 1960s, newly appointed Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran may have earned some political brownie points with at least a section of the Congress workers in the State. But the formidable challenger in Mr. Sudhakaran faces tougher hurdles ahead in revamping the Congress party. Though he says that both former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala support him, in reality, the ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups still dominate the Congress party at all levels.