Senior Congress chief AK Antony to not search re-election to Rajya Sabha, to give attention to Kerala politics

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief AK Antony on Wednesday stated he’ll give up lively parliamentary politics and never search his re-election to the Rajya Sabha, however will proceed to contribute to occasion politics in Kerala.

The former defence minister, whose time period as Rajya Sabha member ends on April 2, stated he desires youthful occasion members to get an opportunity and that he had turned 81 and didn’t preserve good well being.

He stated he could be shifting base to his house state Kerala after retiring from the Rajya Sabha subsequent month.

“I would not be seeking re-election to parliament as I have grown old. I wish to quit active parliamentary politics but would continue to focus on party politics in Kerala and not in Delhi any more,” Antony advised PTI over telephone from Kerala.

Antony has been one of many senior-most members of the Congress occasion who enjoys the belief of the Gandhi household.

He has additionally headed a number of committees on occasion reforms and electoral defeats, together with the one after 2014 common elections.

He has been a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 1970 and have become Kerala chief minister thrice in 1977, 1995 and 2001.

Antony has been a five-time Rajya Sabha member since 1985 and was the Defence and Civil Supplies Minister within the Union cabinet led by Manmohan Singh.