April 7, 2001 - Veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran quits the party'sworking committee in protest against the denial of a seat to his daughterPadmaja Venugopal for the Assembly elections. Karunakaran alleges neglect of hisgroup -- citing the allocation of 40 seats by the party high command to archrival A.K. Antony's loyalists, compared to 34 seats allotted to his supporters.