Palode Ravi quits as Tvm DCC chief

T'puram: Thiruvananthapuram district Congress committee president Palode Ravi has resigned from the post following a leaked phone conversation in which he had criticised his own party. KPCC sought Ravi's resignation after his conversation become a controversy. Apart from this, Vamanapuram block general secretary A Jaleel has been suspended from the party. It was with Jaleel that Ravi had made this conversion.In the ‘leaked' telephonic conversation, Ravi claims that the Congress will have a pathetic performance in the local body election and the CPM is all set to retain power for a third time in the state. The KPCC leadership had taken this very seriously and decided to seek an explanation from Ravi. KPCC president Sunny Joseph has said the issue has been reported to the AICC leadership.Ravi who did not deny the conversation said that the message was intended to strengthen the organizational structure of the Congress. His message has been clearly understood by the party members. The intention was to emphasize that without strengthening the organizational structures, the party would fall behind in elections. Such messages are consistently communicated to the grassroots organizational structures, he added."The aim is to eliminate divisions within local factions. Only then can the Congress effectively challenge the CPM's rule. A small part of the phone conversation was taken out of context. Such messages are regularly communicated, both over the phone and otherwise," he said.In the phone conversation, Ravi said that after the next assembly elections, party workers will either switch to BJP or to CPM. The Muslims will move towards CPM. He alleged that there is no one in the Congress willing to walk among the people and talk to them. Everyone is responsible for burying the party with group politics. He mentioned that in the 60 assembly constituencies, one should observe what the BJP is planning to do. Just like they secured votes in the parliamentary elections by spending money, they will do the same here. The Congress party will fall to a miserable third position in the elections, he said.

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