UDF convener seeks AICC’s intervention in "lack of consultations” within Keralam’s ruling alliance

UDF convener Adoor Prakash

United Democratic Front (UDF) convener Adoor Prakash on Monday sought the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to address his publicly aired grievances about a lack of consultation in the ruling alliance in Keralam, including “arbitrariness and opaqueness in key decision-making.”

Mr. Prakash held a closed-door meeting with AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. Emerging from the meeting, Mr. Prakash gave a brief nod to reporters when asked whether he had brought his criticism, which seemed to obliquely target Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan’s style of functioning, to the notice of the party’s high command. 

A Congress leader in New Delhi said Mr. Prakash had given a written statement to Mr. Kharge and had sought an appointment with the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. He said he was not privy to Mr. Prakash’s correspondence and could not comment whether it was critical of Mr. Satheesan or the current pattern of decision-making.