RAMESH
CHENNITHALA AS LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN KERALA ASSEMBLY
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was today elected as Congress
Legislature Party Leader and will be the Opposition Leader in Kerala Assembly.It
was announced after a CLP meeting in Thiruvananthapuram which stretched for
several hours. The meeting was attended by former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit as representative of the central leadership. She also held one to one
meeting with all the 22 elected lawmakers.Mr Chennithala's election was
"unanimous". AICC chief Sonia Gandhi has approved the decision, Ms
Dikshit said at a press conference.
Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he proposed the name of
Mr Chennithala and three other MLAs supported him. IUML leader PK Kunhalikutty
would be the Deputy Leader of UDF in the House, he said.59-year-old Mr
Chennithala began his political career as a leader of party students' wing KSU
in 1970s. He is a former KPCC chief and held the Home portfolio in Chandy
government.A prodigy of veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister K
Karunakaran, Mr Chennithala scripted history by becoming the youngest minister
in the state at the age of 28 in 1986 in the then Karunakaran ministry.He also
served as president of the national Youth Congress in 1990 and became a known
face of the Congress at state and national levels. After becoming the joint
secretary of AICC, he went on to be appointed as KPCC chief during 2006-14.He
later joined the UDF ministry led by Ommen Chandy on January 1, 2014 and held
the Home portfolio.
Mr Chennithala, a four-time member of Parliament and member of Legislative Assembly, said the new position was a challenging task as Congress is not in power both in the state and at the Centre.He expressed confidence that he would be able to bring Congress back to its past glory.He won the May 16 assembly polls from his home constituency Haripad with a margin of 18,621 votes.
Mr Chennithala, a four-time member of Parliament and member of Legislative Assembly, said the new position was a challenging task as Congress is not in power both in the state and at the Centre.He expressed confidence that he would be able to bring Congress back to its past glory.He won the May 16 assembly polls from his home constituency Haripad with a margin of 18,621 votes.
Prof. John Kurakar
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