Lali Vincent , senior Congress leader in Kerala has lambasted Latika Subhash who on Sunday tonsured her hair in protest against denial of an assembly seat to her by the party leadership.

“What Latika Subash has done is against all ethics associated with a political party. She has been honoured with many State and national level positions by the party in the past. She was twice elected to district panchayath councils, made chief of Janasree mission and made president of district panchayath president. Subash, her husband too was appointed as district panchayath member  and was fielded as a candidate from Vypeen assembly constituency in the 2016 assembly election,” said Vincent.

She said there were no couple like Lathika and Subash who have made it big with the label of Indian National Congress. “Tonsuring the hair over denial of ticket in the assembly election is her personal issue. This is not the way to protest against party decisions,” said Lali Vincent, who too was expecting a ticket to contest the 2021 assembly election.

Vincent said she too was part of the group politics in the Congress. “But we have drawn a line beyond which we will not take out party issues,” she said.

P Rajan, veteran scribe, commentator and himself a Congress leader belonging to the old school, said there was nothing abnormal in the behaviour of Subash. “This is part of the Congress culture in Kerala. We have seen much worse incidents in the name of group fightings. But this will not affect the chances of the party in the coming election. The polling is on April 6 and chances are that the Congress would recover and retrieve the lost space,” he said.