However, Antony reportedy told him to achieve it through merit. Anil’s name was also considered for the post of KPCC secretary in Kerala. However, Antony told the then state president K Sudhakaran that it was unwarranted.Hassan said that the Congress would not face any problems even if more party leaders left the party. “Leaders who have conviction in Congress ideology will stand with the party,” he said.The CPM, which was critical of the Congress on the exodus, is watching the developments closely.CPM state secretariat member M Swaraj told TNIE that he has reliable information that more leaders would leave Congress.”Two senior Congress leaders had held discussions with the BJP leadership. They had also decided to continue the discussion. I think Padmaja was also speaking about this when she said that more Congress leaders would join the BJP soon,” he said.Surendran’s claim leaves Cong camp guessingT’Puram: BJP state president K Surendran’s claim that a few senior Congress leaders will be joining the saffron camp when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be coming down for election campaigning in Palakkad and Pathanamthitta later this week has left the Congress camp in the capital city guessing.Speculation is rife that the state BJP leadership had approached former health minister VS Sivakumar, former Kollam MP N Peethambara Kurup, and former KPCC general secretary T Saratchandra Prasad to join its camp. But the three leaders vehemently denied the claims and termed it as “scandalous” and “rubbish”.
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