THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KPCC president, Mullappally Ramachandran issues an official directive to prevent leaders from making public statements. His move comes in the wake of leaders publicly criticising and supporting Shashi Tharoor, for writing a letter to Sonia Gandhi explaining various organisational issues in the party.

“Congress allows in party democracy, therefore every member can freely voice his opinions in party forums hence, nobody should issue public statements on party matters,” Mullappally said.

Even though Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has specified that he is ending the controversy on Sonia Gandhi’s direction, still many leaders are taking a dig at him. Yesterday, Kodikunnil Suresh said that Tharoor can’t say anything if he thinks that he is a global citizen and he should be able to work within the confines of the party machinery. Meanwhile, P T Thomas and K. S. Sabarinathan have made statements in support to Shashi Tharoor.