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| GK Vasan Splits Congress in TN |
| GK Vasan Splits Congress in Tamil Nadu: 10 Developments
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| INDIA
, 3-November-2014
9:20:46 AM |
| The Congress, mired in one of its worst crises with a growing list of electoral defeats, has new whiplash to contend with. The party has split in Tamil Nadu, where it has already been reduced to a bit player
1GK Vasan, a top Congress leader from Tamil Nadu, says he is launching a new party, and will announce its name along with other details soon.
2Mr Vasan, 49, was a union minister in the Congress-led government that was rudely punished in the national election this year. 39 Congressmen ran for the Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu; all were defeated.
3Mr Vasan told NDTV today that he is thankful to the First Family of the Congress- the Gandhis - for "accommodating" him for many years, but his note of thanks appeared to have a sharp jibe embedded - he said promotions and appointments in his new party will be based on merit.
4"If he was so concerned about the Congress party, he should have remained with the party," retorted Sandeep Dikshit, a party spokesperson in Delhi. "Only the weak and power hungry run away" he said. The Congress has expelled Mr Vasan.
5Last week, BS Gnanadesikan, known as a loyalist of Mr Vasan, resigned as President of the Congress in Tamil Nadu, accusing the party's leadership in Delhi of failing to consult the state branch on important issues.
6The Congress read this as arm-twisting and appointed EVKS Elangovan as the new state President. Mr Vasan and Mr Elangovan are political rivals
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