“They cannot take any revolutionary step to bring back the party’s credibility,” one Congress leader said. They want Chandy to be the state Congress president and Chennithala as the Opposition leader in Assembly. Congress leaders Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala. Meanwhile, there is a bid to make Chandy the party state president, unseating the incumbent, V M Sudheeran. FOLLOWING LAST weekend’s debate on the poll debacle within the Kerala unit of the Congress, the demand is growing for a generation shift in the party leadership even as senior leaders such as Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala try to cling on to their position at the top.

Source: Indian Express June 10, 2016 20:25 UTC