Revolt against Rahul: Former union minister GK Vasan quits Cong, forms new party

November 03, 2014 13:07

The Tamil Nadu Congress is headed for a split with former Union Minister GK Vasan leaving the party after 14 years and forms a new party. Holding a press conference, Vasan tells loyalists that a new path will be made. "We want to lead the state, we want to give Tamil Nadu a political alternative," he said.

Vasan's decision to quit the party comes as yet more criticism of Rahul Gandhi's perceived inaction of taking over the reins of the party.

Vasan's break away from the party depletes the ranks of the Congress close on the heels of its crushing defeat in the state Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra.

Vasan, whose father G.K. Moopanar had floated the Tamil Manilaa Congress in Tamil Nadu in 1996, was angered by the decision of the top leadership of the Congress to replace state unit chief B.S. Gnanadesikan with EVKS Elangovan.

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