ALAPPUZHA: The feud between the CPM district and local committees at Chennithala and Thriperunthura has been resolved with E.N. Narayanan stepping as Thriperunthura panchayat president on Thursday.
Mr Narayan, who was sacked along with a panchayat area committee member K. Sadasivan Pillai and panchayat member D. Gopakrishnan by the district committee, gave in after the district leadership issued an ultimatum to him to step down as president.
Mr Narayanan was elected as president on November 19 though the district committee had opposed his candidature. The ultimatum came after the trio approached the state leadership for justice.
Mr Narayanan said that he decided to step down after the party asked him and added that he still wanted to be a servant of the party.
“The decision on the sacking will be reviewed by the committee concerned. The election of the new president will be held as per the instruction of the election commission,” he said.
The district committee on Wednesday had decided to sack all local leaders who dared to defy the party decision.
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