<p>Tamil Nadu Congress Committee is bracing for yet another factional feud with former Union minister P Chidambaram, K V Thankabalu and former state unit president M Krishnaswamy wanting its current chief EVKS Elangovan gone.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a complaint to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the team headed by P Chidambaram accused Elangovan of failing to coordinate with the party functionaries and keeping senior leaders at bay.<br /><br />The team also met party vice president Rahul Gandhi and discussed about Elangovan’s “contradictory” statements, including on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.<br /><br />Elangovan has not been in good terms with Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in recent times and had sent a show cause notice to the latter on charges of accusing Congress.<br /><br /> The team that met both Sonia and Rahul asked the party high command to change the state unit chief, especially since the Assembly elections are getting closer.<br /><br />Though Elangovan did not attach much importance to the senior leaders meeting with the party high command, he said the chief’s position is not permanent to anyone.<br /><br />“Whatever decisions the high authorities take, I will abide by that,” he said on Tuesday.<br /><br />Meanwhile, several senior leaders are vying for the TamilNadu Congress Committee president’s position and are camping in Delhi. Following the massive defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha polls; the Congress has been depleting in strength in the state.</p>
<p>Tamil Nadu Congress Committee is bracing for yet another factional feud with former Union minister P Chidambaram, K V Thankabalu and former state unit president M Krishnaswamy wanting its current chief EVKS Elangovan gone.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a complaint to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the team headed by P Chidambaram accused Elangovan of failing to coordinate with the party functionaries and keeping senior leaders at bay.<br /><br />The team also met party vice president Rahul Gandhi and discussed about Elangovan’s “contradictory” statements, including on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.<br /><br />Elangovan has not been in good terms with Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in recent times and had sent a show cause notice to the latter on charges of accusing Congress.<br /><br /> The team that met both Sonia and Rahul asked the party high command to change the state unit chief, especially since the Assembly elections are getting closer.<br /><br />Though Elangovan did not attach much importance to the senior leaders meeting with the party high command, he said the chief’s position is not permanent to anyone.<br /><br />“Whatever decisions the high authorities take, I will abide by that,” he said on Tuesday.<br /><br />Meanwhile, several senior leaders are vying for the TamilNadu Congress Committee president’s position and are camping in Delhi. Following the massive defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha polls; the Congress has been depleting in strength in the state.</p>
