Shashi Tharoor an asset to party: Kerala state Congress chief

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee KPCC President K Sudhakaran asserted that party MP Shashi Tharoor has always been an asset to the Congress and no one can single him outHis statement came in the wake of the reports of a tussle inside the Congress state unit after Shashi Tharoor actively started participating in events and meeting with religious and political leaders across the stateA section of Congress leaders in Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts has been kept away from Tharoors functions recentlyBut the KPCC President also made it clear that he has spoken to him in Delhi and there is no controversy related to TharoorHe further said in a press conference held at Kochi Shashi Tharoor has worked within the party framework No one can single him out Tharoors capacity is the partys asset Tharoor and the party are united He has always been an asset to the CongressThe press conference was organised after the Political Affairs Committee meeting of the KPCC was held on Sunday after five months in Kochi In that meeting the controversies regarding Tharoor were discussedAlso read How can his activities be construed as sectarian asks Shashi TharoorTharoors north Kerala political outreach programme recently created uproar in the party after he was denied a party forum to speak against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS politics reportedly at the behest of senior leadersThe senior leaders clarified that there was no information by the district Congress committee of this programAfter that Kottayam District Congress Committee DCC president Nattakam Suresh openly came out against Tharoor that Tharoor did not inform the district leadership as per the standing instructions to all leadersOn the other hand the KPCC President also lashed out at the Communist Party of India Marxist and its youth organisation Democratic Youth Federation of India DYFI over the drug usage in the state that even school children are addicted to drugs The police are unable to find and take action against drug dealers DYFI is behind the drugs in the state Prisons with CPIM inmates are intoxicated CPIM criminals are abusing prisons Congress will conduct statelevel antidrug campaigns against drugs This unethical practice must be stoppedHe also announced that Congress will start an agitation to protect the agricultural sector across the stateHe said that the agricultural sector was the most important point discussed The state government has become synonymous with incompetence unable to even conduct procurement Congress will start an agitation to protect the agricultural sector We demand the government increase the price of crops and control inflationSudhakaran also made it clear that the reorganization of KPCC will complete the reorganization within 3 months This has been approved by AICC Only inactive ones will be changed There will be no radical change he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever