Youth Cong nat'l office-bearers' list fuels infighting in state unit

Omission of K M Abhijith from post irks loyalists, allege Mamkootathil and Shafi's hand

- K S SREEJITH @T'Puram

THE appointment of four Youth Congress leaders from Kerala as national general secretaries has escalated the infighting in the state unit. While the national leadership has appointed Binu Chulliyil, Jinshad Jinnas, Sreelal Sreedhar and V K Shibina to the post, the omission of former KSU state president and Youth Congress state general secretary K M Abhijith has irked his loyalists who allege foul play by state president Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, and Shafi Parambil, MP.

The new general secretaries were selected on the basis of their performances at a Youth Congress camp held in Chhattisgarh a few months ago. Though Binu, Sreelal and Shibina attended the camp, it is alleged that Jinshad had not.

"According to current practice, only those who participated in the camp are to be considered for appointment as national office-bearers. But in the appointment of Jinshad, this was violated," a Youth Congress state office-bearer told TNIE on condition of anonymity.