Former Minister Babu Divakaran who was included in the list of invitees to the KPCC executive the other day, has decided to quit Congress party and revive his old party RSP(M) which he merged with the Congress in 2001. He told a news conference here on Thursday that the Congress party did not honour its assurance given to him during the merger of his party in 2001.
“Despite the fact of Congress including me in the list of invitees to the 105-member KPCC executive, no one from the RSP(M) was accepted in the Congress’’ he said.
He said that when he and party workers had to remain in the backyard of the Congress, RSP which quit the LDF recently got entry into the UDF. Moreover, the erstwhile RSP(M) workers who have become part of the Congress party cannot go together with the RSP and have expressed their displeasure over the induction of RSP into the UDF, he said.
In the wake of this, he said that he and his followers were reviving the RSP(M). He said RSP(M) workers’ convention would be held on March 16 at Kollam and decide on the future course of action.
Krishnakumar Aruvikkara, Vijayakumar Akkasseri, J Gopakumar and Kilikolloor Srikandan were also present.
Meanwhile, there are reports that Babu Divakaran is planning to gain entry into the LDF fold while the CPM is frantically trying to effect a split in the RSP and claim that a section of the RSP was still with the LDF.