State Congress leaders summoned to meet party high command

With a party revamp in the state on the cards, Kerala Pradesh Congress President V M Sudheeran, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala have been summoned by the party high command in Delhi for talks.
Congress sources said the three leaders would leave for New Delhi tomorrow evening and are expected to meet Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and other leaders on August 4.
They said the meeting is expected to discuss issues connected with restructuring the party, which was due for a long period.
Last month, Gandhi had met more than 80 second level party leaders from Kerala and sought their opinion on party affairs in the state.

The trip of the three Congress leaders to Delhi for talks with the high command assumes significance as it comes at a time when Kerala Congress (M) led by former Finance Minister K M Mani reportedly plans to sit as a separate block in the assembly following differences with Congress.
Mani was forced to resign as Finance Minister from the previous UDF government following an adverse remark by the Kerala High Court on the bar bribery scam.
KC(M) is the third largest partner in the Congress-led UDF Opposition.
Mani and his followers believe it wasChennithala, as Home Minister in the previous UDF government, who hatched a "conspiracy" in the bar bribery scandal to weaken him ahead of the assembly polls held in May this year.