New Delhi, Apr 21: The chief of Kerala's Congress unit K Muraleedharan today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the eve of the latter's crucial parleys with his father and senior leader K Karunakaran here in the backdrop of the former chief minister's defiance in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. PCC president Muraleedharan, son of Karunakaran, told reporters that everything would be settled amicably but there were indications that Gandhi may take some action following the crisis in Congress in Kerala to maintain discipline and to end factionalism.
Karunakaran is arriving here tonight and is likely to meet Gandhi tomorrow. The senior leader, who caused ripples in the party by fielding a rebel nominee in the polls, had held a telephonic conversation with the Congress president on Saturday.
Earlier, at the daily briefing party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters that it was Karunakaran who had taken the initiative to call up Gandhi.
Asked if the KPCC president has signaled aligning with CPM in Kerala, Reddy said "I am not aware of any such report and I can't react in abstract".
Earlier in the day, Gandhi also held a meeting with AICC general secretary Ambika Soni and two party observers for Kerala Ghulam Nabi Azad and R K Dhawan who had recommended a "certain course of action" to Gandhi last week.
Asked what type of action the two observers have recommended, he said "any action to maintain discipline and unity in the party".
This was the first meeting with Gandhi or the three leaders after submitting the report.
Bureau Report