All India Congress Committee general secretary and senior Congress leader, Vayalar Ravi, on Wednesday said the crisis in the party's Kerala unit will be sorted out soon.

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"Just now, I have received a message about K Karunakaran's move to form a new party. But I believe that he will not resort to it as KPCC Chief K Muraleedharan has said that he is not part of the move," Ravi told reporters at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.

Ravi said he was trying to contact Muraleedharan to gather more details about the development.

Asked if the party is also in touch with Karunakaran, he said: "Yes, the party high command is trying to contact Karunakaran."

Asked if the party has split in Kerala, Ravi said: "They [Karunakaran and other rebels] have never declared that they are leaving the party. They have only said that they would be contesting separately."

In Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony too sounded hopeful that Karunakaran would come around.

"I am optimistic that the party will not split," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

He said Muraleedharan has told him that he would not be a part of the move to split the party.