India, May 10 -- According to him, such public disagreements would ultimately harm the party itself

Senior Congress leader KC Joseph on Saturday criticised the public tussle by party supporters over the Kerala chief minister post, warning that taking internal matters to the streets could have dangerous consequences.

He was referring to protests, flex boards and posters put up by supporters of Congress leaders VD Satheesan, KC Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala, who are being considered for the chief minister's post.

Joseph was a Congress MLA for 39 years, representing the Irikkur constituency in Kannur and had served as a minister in the Oommen Chandy-led UDF Government.

In a Facebook post, Joseph said he was remaining silent because "s...