Ex-union minister K V Thomas appointed KPCC Working President
The occasion additionally introduced appointment of C K Sreedharan as a Vice-President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
“Hon’ble Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) has approved the proposal for the appointment of Working President and Vice President of KPCC in addition to the existing Working Presidents and Vice Presidents” with instant impact, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal stated in an announcement.
A former Food minister and 5 time MP, Thomas had represented Ernakulam within the Lok sabha and state meeting for a number of years. He had additionally served as state Fisheries and Tourism minister.
After being denied a ticket within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Thomas was upset and had been preserving a low profile.
There have been experiences that Thomas may transfer nearer to the Left camp in the course of the meeting polls, if he was denied an applicable submit within the occasion.
However, he had rubbished the experiences and dominated out leaving the Congress, which is eager to come back again to energy within the state within the polls.
On February 2, the Congress central management had introduced formation of a 40-member state election committee for the meeting polls. Several former union ministers, together with A K Antony and Shashi Tharoor, are a part of it.
