Cong leaves it to high command to pick Kerala CM

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting took place at Indira Bhawan, the state party headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, shortly after 11 am, during which the resolution was adopted, and the 63 MLAs-elect of the party were sounded out by the observers, Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik, on their preferences and opinions on the top post.

At present, the leading contenders for the CM’s post are outgoing Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan, former LoP and minister Ramesh Chennithala and AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal. While Satheesan and Chennithala are MLAs from Paravur and Haripad respectively, Venugopal is a Lok Sabha MP from Alappuzha.

After the meeting, Maken told reporters, “Mukulji and I passed a one-line resolution. We talked to the MLAs one-by-one and now we are going back to Delhi tonight with our report. We will submit the report to the high command. We don’t have any names (for CM post). You will come to know very soon.”