'Withdrawal of resignation not now'

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 16. The senior Congress leader, Mr. K. Karunakaran, today indicated that he would defer a decision on withdrawing his resignation as a permanent invitee of the Congress Working Committee until the issues he had raised were fully resolved and until he gave a personal explanation to the Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, regarding the circumstances which led to his strong action.

Addressing a press conference here today, Mr. Karunakaran said he had resigned his post under peculiar circumstances when he felt that his supporters were being ignored. He said that the AICC emissaries, Mr. Motilal Vohra and Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, had conveyed the high command's desire to ensure his participation in the party's affairs.

Mr. Karunakaran once again asserted that he had always stood with the party and that he would continue to be a loyal partyworker.

When he was repeatedly asked why he was deferring his decision to withdraw his resignation, Mr. Karunakaran maintained that the question of withdrawal arose only when some of the issues he had raised were fully solved.

In reply to another question, he said it was not possible for any Congress worker to ignore the directions of the party leadership.

Mr. Karunakaran said he was willing to campaign for the Congress in other States as well, as requested by Mr. Vohra. Asked when he was going to New Delhi, he indicated that there was no hurry in doing so.

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