NCP(SP) Kerala leadership claims majority of workers remain with central faction amid party split
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Kerala unit's new state president P.M. Suresh Babu claimed on Wednesday that a majority of party workers have remained with the central faction despite an organizational split. The rival faction, led by former Minister A.K. Saseendran and former state president Thomas K. Thomas, had broken away, with claims that Pawar had tilted toward the BJP-led NDA. Babu rejected these allegations, citing Supriya Sule's attendance at the INDIA bloc meeting and asserting the Kerala unit's commitment to the Left Front.
The Kerala unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) held a state leadership meeting on Wednesday where newly appointed state president P.M. Suresh Babu asserted that a majority of party workers continue to support the central leadership despite a factional split within the organization. Babu, who recently replaced former state president Thomas K. Thomas, dismissed claims by the rival faction that Sharad Pawar had shifted allegiance toward the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, pointing to working president Supriya Sule's participation in the INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi as evidence of the party's continued commitment to the opposition coalition. National working president P.C. Chacko reported that approximately 1,300 delegates attended the meeting, further supporting claims of majority backing for the central faction. The rival faction, led by Saseendran and Thomas, has severed ties with the central leadership, though Babu alleged they lack concrete justification for their departure. Babu also warned that any attempt to induct the rival faction into Kerala's Left Front would constitute unethical practice driven by personal interests.
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The article does not provide details about the specific reasons or timeline of the original split, the size or composition of the rival faction, or independent verification of the claim that 1,300 delegates attended or that they represent a majority of party workers.
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Majority of workers with NCP(SP) official faction, claim leaders
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