However, KPCC office-bearers privy to the inquiry said the commission had faulted the parties involved in the conflict, which provided sensational grist to Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] social media handles to troll the Congress and the government and also diverted media attention from the UDF government’s flagship 'Re-Imagining Kerala' retreat at the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K).
They said the commission had reportedly recommended that party legislators uphold the responsibilities and etiquette that come with parliamentary privilege. KPCC sources said the commission also cautioned party workers against settling internal disputes in person or in public.
Appropriate party forum
Instead, they said, the commission emphasised that workers air their grievances at the appropriate party forum, primarily the District Congress Committee, rather than acting on their own, individually or in groups, lest such incidents undermine party unity and distort the KPCC’s political and organisational messaging.A Congress insider said the commission also highlighted the need for the KPCC to put workers who breach party discipline on strict notice to dissuade the rank-and-file from construing any hesitancy from the leadership as an open charter for public feuding, while allowing sufficient latitude for expressing contrition and correcting course.
They noted that Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan had recently accepted the
