KOCHI: The meeting of the BJP’s core committee held here on Sunday to finalise the name of the new state president failed to reach a consensus. The meeting considered mainly four names -- former party state president Kummanam Rajasekharan, and party state general secretaries K Surendran, M T Ramesh and Sobha Surendran.
According to sources, a final decision in this regard will be taken by the end of this month or early January. The president’s post has been vacant since the resignation of P S Sreedharan Pillai, who was appointed the Mizoram Governor in October.
The name of Surendran was backed by the faction headed by Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, while Ramesh’s name came up with the support of former state BJP chief P K Krishnadas. O Rajagopal, MLA, suggested Sobha Surendran as the new president. However, the hour-long meeting failed to reach a consensus.
The party’s national leadership wants to end the stalemate as soon as possible. Hence, further talks will be held in the presence of G V L Narasimha Rao, MP, after taking into consideration the views of RSS leadership in this regard.
Sunday’s core committee meeting was chaired by party’s national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh.
Meanwhile, the procedures for organisational elections have commenced. The presidents of mandalam committees will be appointed by December 21-22 followed by the election of district presidents by December 30.