Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 -- The escalating battle within the Congress in Kerala over the Chief Minister's post has reportedly prompted direct intervention from senior national leader Rahul Gandhi, amid growing concern in the party leadership over open factional displays, street-level mobilisation, and public campaigns by rival camps.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi has expressed strong displeasure over the manner in which the leadership contest has spilled into the public sphere following the Congress-led United Democratic Front's victory in the Kerala Assembly elections.
He is understood to have issued a stern warning to senior Kerala Congress leaders, including K. C. Venugopal, V. D. Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala, urging them to ...