On Shashi Tharoor's Kerala Tour, Top State Congress Leader Says This
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Kerala Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan said every leader has a space within the Congress and no one is against it, but the party has its own mechanisms and systems.
Apparently rattled by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's Malabar tour, Leader of Opposition in the Kerala assembly, V D Satheesan on Tuesday said any kind of sectarianism or parallel activities would not be allowed in the party and warned that such moves would be dealt with "seriously."
The state unit of the Congress is on a comeback path in the state after two consecutive debacles in the Assembly elections and it is not healthy enough to afford any more parallel activities by anyone, Mr Satheesan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
His remarks come as a significant section of the Congress party in the state were unhappy with Mr Tharoor's ongoing tour.
Asked about Mr Tharoor's Malabar tour, Mr Satheesan said every leader has a space within the Congress and no one is against it, but the party has its own mechanisms and systems.