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All India Congress Committee (AICC) wide caput K.C. Venugopal has dismissed speculations astir the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) main ministerial look for the upcoming Assembly polls successful Kerala, portion claiming that “winnability” volition beryllium a large criterion portion choosing enactment candidates.
He was delivering a code aft opening a two-day enactment acme organised by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), titled ‘Lakshya 2026,’ present connected Sunday (January 4, 2026).
Mr. Venugopal pointed retired that the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led [CPI(M)] Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were taken aback by the advances made by the UDF successful the precocious concluded section assemblage polls. To flooded their embarrassment, some these fronts and those who enactment them were coming up with each kinds of theories astir an interior revolt wrong the Congress, helium claimed. “Stories are being dispersed done the media astir however the UDF has galore main ministerial aspirants, whether incumbent MPs volition contention the Assembly polls and truthful on. Another question being asked is whether the UDF has a beardown person similar Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. I situation to accidental that we person astatine slightest 10 leaders who are stronger than Mr. Vijayan,” Mr. Venugopal said. He besides wondered if Mr. Vijayan was the LDF’s main ministerial campaigner earlier helium assumed bureau for the archetypal time.
Meanwhile, Mr. Venugopal urged the enactment leaders to refrain from engaging successful unfastened discussions astir the campaigner selection. He said that it was rather earthy for them to person ambitions and grievances. However, the enactment workers should not aerial their opinions successful nationalist arsenic it could springiness a “political weapon” to the UDF’s rivals. “We volition guarantee that each sections of society, including the younker and women, get a just practice successful the candidates’ list. Nobody should state themselves arsenic a candidate. We person a line for the enactment process. Please hold for the clip being,” helium said.
While delivering the statesmanlike address, KPCC president Sunny Joseph said that the UDF had crossed the halfway people successful the contention to seizure powerfulness successful the State by making it large successful the section assemblage polls. The enactment workers request to enactment hard to proceed this winning streak successful the Assembly election, helium added.
Functionaries of the KPCC, territory Congress committees, and affiliate organisations, members of the halfway committee and governmental affairs committee, MPs and MLAs are attending the camp. Zonal level discussions volition beryllium held connected an enactment program to beryllium implemented for the Assembly canvass run and the guidelines for candidates’ selection. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan is expected to contiguous a bluish people of the program connected Monday (January 5, 2026).
