Antony-led panel to recommend action against Thomas: KC Venugopal.

Thomas, while participating in the seminar on Saturday, showered praises on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and said that he was supportive of the controversial K-Rail project of the LDF government in Kerala against which the opposition Congress has been relentlessly campaigning.

Thiruvananthapuram: General Secretary (Organisation) of the Congress, K.C. Venugopal on Sunday said that the party’s disciplinary action committee led by senior leader A.K. Antony will recommend action against Prof. KV Thomas.

While speaking to reporters in Kannur, Venugopal said the final decision on the basis of a recommendation from the disciplinary committee will be taken by party president Sonia Gandhi He said KV Thomas is a member of the party and action against him has to be taken by the party president on the recommendation of the disciplinary com… He said KV Thomas is a member of the party and action against him has to be taken by the party president on the recommendation of the disciplinary committee.

The Congress leaders from Kerala have been calling for Thomas’s immediate removal following his participation in a seminar on Centre-state relations held as part of the 23rd party congress of the CPM..