Thiruvananthapuram, June 3
The Congress in Kerala on Monday expelled senior party leader AP Abdullakutty after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the BJP’s stunning victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
The two-time Congress legislator was removed from party rolls after he pointed out that Modi is following the Gandhian model of governance. When served a show-cause notice, Abdullakutty failed to give a “satisfactory” explanation for his action.
The reply given by Abdullakutty was contemptuous and not satisfactory, state party chief Mullapally Ramachandran said. “His explanation was not acceptable and even after being served a show-cause notice for praising Modi, he continued to criticise the state party leaders. Hence, for violating party discipline, he has been ousted from the Congress,” he said.
Reacting to the development, Abdullakutty said the moment Ramachandran had said there was “no need to even seek an explanation, it was clear that I will be ousted”.
Keeping his cards close to his chest, Abdullakutty refused to clarify whether he was moving to the BJP camp. However, those in the know of things said Abdullakutty, who hails from Kannur district has moved to Managlore, was likely to join the BJP as the minority face. — IANS
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2Ko4fUZ
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