Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) State president P.C. Chacko is set to face stiff challenge to his post with Kuttanad legislator Thomas K. Thomas looking to confront him directly in the State committee elections to be held on Saturday.
Party sources said on Thursday that Mr. Thomas and his followers were looking to counter an alleged move by Mr. Chacko to assert his supremacy in the State unit with the support of senior leader and Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran. They are also accusing Mr. Chacko of entering into a secret deal with Mr. Saseendran to help the latter complete five years as Minister in violation of a seat-sharing agreement.
Regarding the candidature of Mr. Thomas, they point out the precedent in which one legislator leading the party when the other becomes a Minister.
