Former Congress leader P.C. Chacko, who resigned from the party, is all set to meet NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Tuesday. It is expected that the veteran politician is all set to join the NCP, a move that will see him campaigning for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in his home state Kerala.
In Kerala, which goes to polls on April 6, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government is pitted against the Congress-backed United Democratic Front (UDF). While the NCP is a Congress ally in national politics, it is a member of the ruling LDF in Kerala.
“There are two fronts in Kerala. One is led by the Congress another by the Left. I left Congress, so naturally, I have to take a position. I can support the LDF,” Money Control quoted Chacko as saying.
also read
- Sharon murder case: Kerala court sentences girlfriend Greeshma to death, youngest woman to face capital punishment in state
- Laced with legacy and history, Indira Bhawan to house new Congress headquarters
- Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar sets tone with policy address: Will Raj Bhavan-govt dynamics shift?
- Sharon murder case: Kerala court convicts girlfriend Greeshma, uncle for kidnap, poisoning boyfriend
Reports also suggest that he will meet Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal, part of the dissident G-23 Congress leaders.
Chacko quit the Congress on Wednesday alleging group interest in deciding party candidates for the coming assembly elections. A former working committee member of the Congress, Chacko is the second senior leader to quit the national party after Jyotiraditya Scindia.
