Thrissur, Dec 08: Congress party chief whip P P George and four other MLAs - Prof Savithri Lakshmanan, T V Chandramohan, T U Radhakrishnan and V Balaram, today expressed their loyalty to senior Congress leader K Karunakaran. They told a press conference here that Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA switching over loyalty to Antony faction, was 'sheer opportunism' and 'betrayal' of Karunakaran.
They said Ramakrishnan had been loyal to Karunkaran and had even signed the November 23 memorandum to be given to Congress president Sonia Gandhi stressing the need for change of leadership in the state congress legislature party.
Earlier, Ramakrishnan had agreed to authorise Karunakaran to take 'appropriate steps' to topple Antony-led UDF government in the state, they alleged. Bureau Report