News Analysis | Congress rejig in Kerala alters group equations

KPCC moving to fresh alternative from era of two deeply divided factions

The reconstitution of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has apparently redefined the group equations in the Congress in the State.

Those who had earlier owed allegiance to the ‘I’ and ‘A’ factions, led by former Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy respectively, are now reportedly shifting their loyalties to the new dispensation.

Predictably, the replacement of new the District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in August laid the contours for realpolitik of the party leaders. The trio led by KPCC president K. Sudhakaran, Opposition Leader in the Assembly V.D. Satheesan and AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal had then already set the agenda for the reorganisation even as it stoutly faced the emerging factional politics for overlooking the group lieutenants.