Chennithala treads cautiously as race for Cong leadership heats up

Having been sidelined from state politics, every political development has come as a blessing for him

- K S SREEJITH @T'Puram

DESPITE his efforts to emerge as a consensus champion of various communities, Ramesh Chennithala is treading a cautious path. The senior Congress leader's attempts at staging a comeback into active politics gained momentum after a slew of developments, starting with SNDP general secretary Vellappally Natesan hailing him as an eligible candidate for the CM post, to the truce between him and the NSS, and the invitations extended by various Muslim organisations.

But, Chennithala's tightrope walk seems to have suffered a setback with the SNDP annoyed at the way the Congress Working Committee (CWC) member presented himself on Thursday at the NSS headquarters for the Mannam Jayanthi celebrations. "G Sukumaran Nair described Ramesh as the son of the NSS," SNDP Yogam general secretary Natesan told TNIE.