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NSUI general secretary Sravan Rao to hold KSU polls

Congress MLA V. T. Balram had demanded earlier that the KSU elections should be held at the earliest.

Thiruvananthapuram: NSUI general secretary Sravan Rao reached the capital to launch a membership campaign in colleges and hold KSU elections after holding talks with top leaders of the Congress.

On August 2, Mr Rao had dissolved the appointments made by the KPCC leadership. He will be launching a membership campaign at Government Law College here on Thursday. On Wednesday, he had held talks with former chief minister Oommen Chandy, KPCC president V.M. Sudheeran and Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala. On August 1, the senior Congress leaders had decided to appoint KSU office bearers on group sharing basis keeping the NSUI in the dark. KSU leadership told this newspaper that when they are keen on having a four-tier system for KSU elections, the KPCC leadership is keen to cut it to two-tier.

“Our demand is that KSU elections should be held in state, district, block and unit levels. But senior Congress leaders are keen to see that the KSU elections are held in just district and state levels which would mean that the two factions would try to instigate their loyalists,” said a KSU leader.

Congress sources told this newspaper that Mr Rao has come as a messenger of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to ensure that KSU elections are held in a four-tier system. “The strategy of Mr Rao is to complete the membership campaign in 30 days. Then within the next 30 days election notification has to be issued which means that by end of October the new KSU leadership will come to power”, said a Congress leader.

Congress MLA V. T. Balram had demanded earlier that the KSU elections should be held at the earliest.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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