After 11-year standoff, NSS opens its door to Chennithala once again

SENIOR Congress leader and permanent invitee to the AICC, Ramesh Chennithala, whose political career looked to be heading south, has received an unexpected boost from the Nair Service Society (NSS).

- ABHILASH CHANDRAN @Kottayam

After an 11-year standoff, the NSS has extended an olive branch to Chennithala by inviting him to deliver the keynote address at the Mannam Jayanthi celebration, one of the most important events on the community organisation's calendar, on January 2 at its headquarters in Perunna.

The invitation comes as a much-needed relief for Chennithala, who had been more or less sidelined following the Congress election debacle in Maharashtra, where he was the party's in-charge.