ISRO spy case could trigger tremors inside Congress in Kerala once more

Express News Service
KOCHI: Whenever the sensational ISRO spy case makes headlines, it reopens the plot of the political story that led to the downfall of the late Okay Karunakaran, the as soon as omnipotent Congress chief. The scenario is not any totally different this time too, however it could trigger main tremors within the state Congress, which is assured of wresting energy when counting of votes within the meeting elections takes place on May 2, say political specialists.

If the Congress-led UDF had been to come back to energy, a piece within the celebration could spotlight the difficulty of ‘denial of justice’ to Karunakaran, whose political profession virtually ended following his resignation, as he by no means obtained an opportunity to stake his declare to the highest job once more.

Interestingly, the leaders who had been behind the alleged political conspiracy to unseat Karunakaran are calling the pictures within the state Congress even now.“The Supreme Court directive for a CBI inquiry into the role of police officers in the ISRO spy case will definitely create tremors within the Congress if the UDF were to wrest power in the state. The apex court also appointed Justice D K Jain to examine the alleged conspiracy behind arraigning former scientist Nambi Narayanan and submit a report within three months,” stated P Sujathan, political observer.

Okay KarunakaranIf the conspiracy angle had been to come back out, it could take the factional feud to a distinct stage and the infighting throughout the Congress might spiral uncontrolled, he stated. If the UDF had been to win the elections, Ramesh Chennithala or Oommen Chandy are the possible candidates for the chief ministerial put up. “But, Karunakaran loyalists will definitely use the issue to spoil their chances as both of them were at the forefront of the campaign to unseat Karunakaran during the espionage case,” stated Sujathan. 

Padmaja Venugopal and Okay Muraleedharan,  daughter and son of the ‘Leader’ respectively, have been on the file stating that their father was the most important loser within the case. The ‘A’ faction led by A Okay Antony and Oommen Chandy and the ‘correctionist’ group (Thiruthalvadi) within the Congress used the spy case to steer a concerted transfer to unseat then chief minister.  While former senior chief P C Chacko, who give up Congress just lately, demanded that the CBI ought to interrogate former chief ministers Oommen Chandy and A Okay Antony to unravel the conspiracy hatched by the ‘A’ group, KPCC working president Okay V Thomas stated Karunakaran had been made a scapegoat within the case. 

“The conspiracy behind the case should be brought out. ‘Leader’ once told me that he made a mistake by placing IPS officer Raman Srivastava under suspension.  I was an MP at the time and we met at Kerala House in New Delhi. It was, the late T M Jacob,  a minister in Karunakaran cabinet, who called me demanding the removal of Srivastava and I conveyed his message. Later, he was suspended by Karunakaran on the basis of the advice from the advocate general,” stated Thomas. Karunakaran was sidelined by the celebration. He later give up the Congress and floated his personal outfit in 2005, earlier than returning to the grand previous celebration in 2008.