Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, July 31 - K. Muraleedharan, the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Kerala unit chief, Friday said he would appeal to Sonia Gandhi to revoke his suspension, while his father K. Karunakaran met the Congress president in the national capital.

'I was suspended from the Congress party for six years. I will apply to Sonia Gandhi, who as national president suspended me, and also to party general secretary in-charge of Kerala affairs Mohsina Kidwai to revoke my suspension,' Muraleedharan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

The NCP, meanwhile, was quick to expel Muraleedharan and M.P. Gangadhar, an invitee to the party's national working committee, for anti-party activities -- the same reason for which he was suspended from the Congress in 2005.

After his suspension from the Congress, Muraleedharan, along with his father and supporters, formed the Democratic Indira Congress-Karunakaran (DIC-K). In 2005, the DIC-K merged with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

While Karunakaran returned to the Congress fold in December 2007, Muraleedharan did not. On Thursday, he asked NCP's national president Sharad Pawar to dissolve its state committee.

Muraleedharan also said the Congress is a party that forgives.

'It has forgiven lot of leaders who had breached discipline and I am sure that the party will look into my case also because I have now mentally decided to join the Congress party,' said Muraleedharan.