The tonsured head of Lathika Subhash is the face of factionalism in Congress’ Kerala unit

Lathika Subhash, a senior member of the Congress celebration and chief of the ladies wing, has resigned from the celebration as a result of she was not given the ticket for the 2021 meeting election in Kerala. “Congress had miserably failed to understand the feeling of Mahila Congress and its workers. As a woman, I feel this is a planned neglect against us,” wrote Subhash in a letter to Rahul Gandhi.“None of the Mahila Congress representatives had got the ticket to contest in the election,” Subhash added.According to a report by Times Now, Subhash has determined to contest as an impartial as a result of the Congress celebration has refused to present her the ticket. The resignation by the senior chief of the Congress celebration exhibits factionalism, lack of religion within the management, and lack of self-discipline within the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.Kerala Mahila Congress chief Lathika Subhash will get her head tonsured in entrance of the celebration workplace in Thiruvananthapuram in protest after being denied the celebration ticket for Assembly elections.”I am not joining any party but I’ll resign from my post,” she says. pic.twitter.com/FWme31IEdU— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2021A few days in the past, PC Chacko, among the many senior-most and hottest leaders of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), left the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and mentioned that the celebration lacks democracy. Moreover, former Congress normal secretary Vijayan Thomas has additionally left the celebration to hitch the BJP.Thomas mentioned that many different senior leaders are usually not pleased with factionalism and grouping within the celebration, and would go away very quickly. “I was tolerating for a long time. You know what is happening in Congress, they are not knowing what is happening to them actually. They don’t know how to work it out,” he mentioned.“Who is left there now? And even in the states, who is looking after the states properly? So totally, now the hope is in Kerala. There also you can see what is going to happen. See, I am the starting maybe. So there will be a lot of senior leaders leaving very soon. The preparations are going on. They are just waiting until what is happening until the election,” Thomas added, as he talked concerning the disaster Congress faces in Kerala.The factionalism and lack of management within the state committee would additional marginalise the celebration within the state within the 2021 meeting election. In the 2016 meeting election, Congress gained solely 21 seats within the meeting of 140. Indian Union Muslims League, which was once a marginal participant within the state for many years, emerged because the second-largest celebration within the United Democratic Front camp with 19 seats. Now the state unit of Kerala is totally beneath the shadow of the IUML and its Islamist leaders, subsequently, many Christian leaders are leaving the celebration to hitch BJP.Congress used to attract its help base from Christians and Muslims of the state however through the years Muslims shifted to IMUL and Christians to Kerala Congress (M) and no matter Christian leaders are left within the celebration are turning to the BJP.The celebration is being deserted by the Christian group of Kerala which, together with Muslims, was a serious vote financial institution for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). The rising dominance of Muslims in Congress and UDF collectively pressured the Christians to incline extra in direction of the LDF and the BJP.The factionalism within the celebration and the dearth of management pushed it to the margins. Given the present standing of the celebration, it appears the 2021 meeting election can be like a nasty dream coming true for the Congress celebration.