AV Gopinath joins UDF poll campaign

Palakkad: Veteran Congress leader and former DCC President

A V Gopinath

, who threatened to quit the party, joined the

UDF election campaign

at

Chittur

after Congress leader Oommen Chandy met him and assured that the issues he raised will be resolved after

assembly elections

.

Chandy told the media that the issues raised by Gopinath are not personal but concerning the organizational setup in the district. He said that he had talked to KPCC leaders on the issues raised by Gopinath and it will be resolved after the elections.

After meeting Chandy, Gopinath said the ‘ice has melted’ and he will remain with Congress. He said KPCC chief Mullappally Ramachandran, opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and K C Venugopal had requested him to rethink his decision to quit the party.

Some other senior leaders too had opposed the selection of candidates. UDF district chairman and DCC secretary A Ramaswamy had kept away from the election convention of Shafi Parambil in Palakkad constituency. Former KPCC secretary P J Paulose had skipped UDF’s Mannarkkad election convention to protest against candidate selection. tnn