Sudhakaran hits out at deserters
The Hindu
Three former Congress leaders joined the CPI(M) following wrangling over the disputed appointment of District Congress Committee presidents last month
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran on Saturday hit out at those who broke ranks with the Congress party and joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] by calling them “flab” of the Congress.
Mr. Sudhakaran said at the District Congress Committee (DCC) office that the trio who shifted their allegiance to the CPI(M) had failed to win people’s faith.
Three former Congress leaders, P.S. Prasanth, , and , joined the CPI(M) following wrangling over the disputed appointment of DCC presidents last month.
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