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    K V Thomas keeps Congress guessing, says can't trust Kerala brass

    Synopsis

    The five-term Lok Sabha member from Ernakulam was denied re-nomination from his seat in 2019 . Despite Sonia Gandhi assuring him of an organisational role, Thomas remains without any assignment for nearly two years now.

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    NEW DELHI: Congress leader K V Thomas is keeping the party high command guessing amid reports that CPM-led LDF is sending feelers to him ahead of the state poll.

    The five-term Lok Sabha member from Ernakulam was denied re-nomination from his seat in 2019 . Despite Sonia Gandhi assuring him of an organisational role, Thomas remains without any assignment for nearly two years now.

    Amid reports that LDF has offered to back him as an independent candidate from Eranakulam, Congress leaders, including Oommen Chandy and KC Venugopal, are learnt to have reached out to him.

    When contacted, Thomas told ET, “The treatment meted out to me by the Congress leaders since the last LS poll is well-known. The assurance given to me by the Congress high command has not been met. I don’t anymore trust the words of the Congress leaders of Kerala. Various people and social organizations of my constituency are asking me to play an active role in the Assembly elections and I will take an appropriate decision at the right time”.


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