Kochi : More than a week after the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) swept the Kerala Assembly elections. The Assembly election results were declared on May 4, but the Congress leadership has still not announced the name of the Congress Legislature Party leader. The delay has triggered intense political discussions within the party and among alliance partners, even as consultations in Delhi continue.
Senior Congress leader and MLA-elect K Muraleedharan, a former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, has been asked to reach the AICC headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday. Apart from Muraleedharan, the party has also called KPCC vice presidents AP Anil Kumar, Shafi Parambil and PC Vishnunadh, along with senior leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, for discussions in Delhi.
The prolonged delay comes even as the term of the current Kerala Assembly is set to expire on May 23, increasing pressure on the Congress leadership to wrap up consultations quickly. The chief ministerial race is currently centred around three senior Congress leaders: Ramesh Chennithala, AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan. The Congress high command held detailed discussions with all three leaders in New Delhi on Saturday.
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday defended the delay in the decision-making process, saying it was part of a democratic exercise within the party. He said all Congress and UDF workers in Kerala would accept whatever decision the high command eventually takes. “We have conveyed whatever we had to say to the high command.
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