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The Congress connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) acceptable up 2 cardinal panels for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, with party’s moving committee subordinate Ramesh Chennithala and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor appointed president and co-chairman respectively of the party’s run committee.
Mr. Tharoor’s assignment assumes value arsenic it comes days aft helium met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for redressal of his grievances, aft which helium said “all is good” and “we are each connected the aforesaid page.’’ Since then, Mr. Tharoor has been seen speaking prominently for the Congress, and besides initiated the treatment connected the Union Budget successful the Lok Sabha.
Mr. Kharge has approved the connection for the constitution of the run committee and the manifesto committee of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee for the upcoming Assembly elections, a enactment connection said.
While Mr. Chennithala has been named the president of the run committee, Mr. Tharoor has been appointed its co-chairman. Congress MP Shafi Parambil volition beryllium the convener of the run committee with Hibi Eden, Roji M. John, C.R. Mahesh, Mathew Kuzhalnadan, Ramya Haridas, M. Liju and Deepthi Mary Varghese arsenic members.
Congress MP Benny Behanan volition beryllium the president of the manifesto committee, with the party’s main whip successful the Lok Sabha Kodikkunnil Suresh arsenic its co-chairman. The manifesto committee volition person Dean Kuriakose and Jebi Mather arsenic members.
After gathering Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi earlier this month, Mr. Tharoor said that helium was precise satisfied with his gathering with the apical Congress brass.
Mr. Tharoor had been upset implicit the attraction meted retired to him astatine a Kochi lawsuit recently, and attempts by immoderate leaders to ‘sideline’ him successful Kerala. However, his issues look to person been redressed and helium is expected to play a cardinal relation successful the party’s campaigning for the Kerala polls.
The Kerala polls are important for the Congress arsenic it seeks to wrest powerfulness from the Left aft 10 years successful the Opposition, and the enactment is going each retired to unafraid a triumph successful the confederate State.
The elections are expected successful April-May.
