Kerala Congress Faces Internal Rift Over Rahul Mamkootathil's Candidature For Palakkad Bypoll

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran has expelled the party’s digital media convenor-turned-dissident P. Sarin from the organisation’s primary membership.

In a terse communique on Thursday (October 17, 2024), Mr. Sudhakaran accused Mr. Sarin of “indiscipline and anti-Congress activity.”

Mr. Sarin had invited the KPCC’s wrath by rejecting the party’s decision to field Youth Congress State president Rahul Mamkootathil as the party’s candidate for the Assembly bypoll in Palakkad.