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Expelled Congress leader Sarin’s chances of becoming LDF pick in Palakkad bypoll brighten as CPI(M) district secretariat meets

Expelled Congress leader Sarin’s chances of becoming LDF pick in Palakkad bypoll brighten as CPI(M) district secretariat meets

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P. Sarin during a press conference in Palakkad on October 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah Expelled Congress leader P. Sarin’s chances to emerge as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Palakkad Assembly bypoll in Kerala appeared to brighten by the minute on Friday (October 18, 2024). Mr. Sarin told reporters in Palakkad that CPI(M) district secretary E. N. Suresh had contacted him. “Mr. Suresh said he had proposed my name as the party’s candidate for the Palakkad Assembly bypoll in the district secretariat. Now it is for the CPI(M) higher committees to decide”, he said. Minister M.B. Rajesh said the CPI(M) was keen to “pre-empt votes of Congress discontents flowing to the BJP” in the Palakkad Assembly constituency. “Hence, the CPI(M) will likely field a candidate who can harness disgruntled Congress votes in Palakkad to the LDF fold”, he said.  CPI(M) Central committee member A. K. Balan also appeared to suggest that Mr. Sarin might emerge as the LDF’s pick for Palakkad. Mr. Balan told reporters in Palakkad that the …

Kerala Congress’s social media star to a bitter rebel going viral. Who is P Sarin? | Political Pulse News

Kerala Congress’s social media star to a bitter rebel going viral. Who is P Sarin? | Political Pulse News

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As the head of the Kerala Congress digital media cell, P Sarin was credited with creating campaigns and posts for the party that stood out from the deluge during the Lok Sabha elections and after. Now, with his open revolt, Sarin has left the Congress with a narrative mess that it needs to clean up if it hopes to win the coming Palakkad Assembly bypoll. Incidentally, Sarin’s predecessor in the digital media team, Anil Antony, the son of Congress stalwart A K Antony, also revolted and left the party last year, after which Sarin took over. Anil Antony is now in the BJP. One of the most memorable posts conceived by the social media team under Sarin was on June 5, a day after the Lok Sabha results. With the BJP failing to get a majority and needing to form a coalition to retain power, including with allies TDP and JD-U, the Kerala Congress handle posted a picture of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav talking to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. The caption read: “Don’t panic …

Kerala: P Sarin, head of Congress digital media cell, expelled; may join LDF | Latest News India

Kerala: P Sarin, head of Congress digital media cell, expelled; may join LDF | Latest News India

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Oct 17, 2024 03:27 PM IST P Sarin, who was considered to be a frontrunner for the Palakkad bypoll, criticised the Congress’s decision to field Rahul Mamkootathil KOCHI: The Congress in Kerala on Thursday expelled P Sarin, convenor of its digital media cell and former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS) officer, for indulging in “anti-party activities and violating party discipline” after he criticised the party leadership for its choice of candidate for the Palakkad Assembly bypoll. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee said P Sarin was being expelled due to serious anti-party activities and indiscipline. (X/drsarinp) Sarin, a native of Thiruvilwamala in the Thrissur district, was among the frontrunners in the candidacy in Palakkad. On Thursday, he confirmed that he was looking at the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF). “I have asked the LDF if there is a place in it for me. If they say there is, I will go,” he said. Sarin, who trained as a doctor before joining the civil services, lashed out at Leader of the Opposition …