THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cherian Philip is likely to announce his new political decision on Friday. There are speculations that he will be rejoining the Congress party, which he had left in 2001.
His one-time mentor Oommen Chandy himself had asked him to return to the party during an award function recently. After that several Congress leaders had held discussion with him.
KPCC president K Sudhkaran and opposition leader V D Satheesan have also welcomed him back to the party. Philip is likely to make the new announcement in the press conference he has convened on Friday. He is also likely to meet senior party leader A K Antony in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
Philip had quit the Congress in 2001 when he was denied an assembly seat to contest. He had contested against Oommen Chandy at Puthupally as an LDF candidate in that election. The LDF had given him various positions under its governments. He had served as KTDC chairman and also the coordinator of Nava Kerala Action Plan. Recently he was also given the vice-chairman post of the Khadi Board, which he declined to accept.
Philip was considered for the Rajya Sabha seat by the LDF twice but was denied in the last minute. The last instance was when John Brittas was given the Rajya Sabha seat by the CPM.
