The first name that comes to mind in this case is M A Gafoor. He has served as the President of the district Congress for a decade but now he is nurturing dreams of heading some Board or Corporation. It is believed that Gafoor, which is in good books of Oscar Fernandes's wife Blossom Fernandes, may become a MLC with her benevolence.
One has to wait and watch if he is ready to take a demotion and become DCC Chief or give up this opportunity to wait for the uncertain higher posts.
Gopal Bhandary and Ashok Kumar Kodavoor are some other names that are doing rounds.
Gopal Poojary Byndoor who was the President, contested the polls and even emerged victorious. Due to the polls itself, Mr Poojary opted to resign from the post. Since there was no alternate option, the KPCC refused to accept his resignation and directed him to continue as the President. But, Mr Poojry did not perform his duties as the President at all.
He is said to have not ventured into anything barring his constituency and his hotel business.
This time, the district has three Congress MLAs but when the matter comes to capabilities, there are only two names- Gopal Bhandary and Ashok Kumar.
The consensus goes with Mr Gopal Bhandary but it so seems that he is not particularly interested in leading the party in the district.
It is said that the Party President needs to have adequate money in hand, which Mr Bhandary does not have. A non-corrupt person that Mr Bhandary is, he has never learnt the art of making money, say sources.
Hence the chances are bright for Ashok Kumar who even as a student identified himself with Congress and rose to different levels within the party purely on his merit.
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