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Senior Congress person Ramesh Chennithala connected Sunday (May 10, 2026) deed retired astatine the BJP amid ongoing deliberations implicit the enactment of Kerala’s adjacent Chief Minister, saying the expansive aged enactment does not relation connected instructions from Nagpur.
Mr. Chennithala, who is among the main contenders for the Chief Minister’s station on with V.D. Satheesan and K.C. Venugopal, defended the clip taken by the Congress enactment to get astatine a consensus, noting that lone 5 days had passed since the declaration of the Assembly predetermination results.
“We are not a enactment that acts connected directions from Nagpur. Congress functions successful a wholly antiauthoritarian manner,” helium told reporters successful New Delhi.
The elder person said the enactment precocious bid had held discussions with each leaders acrophobic and would denote a determination astatine the earliest.
“Everyone has been consulted. The precocious bid volition instrumentality a determination arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible,” helium said.
Taking a swipe astatine the BJP, Mr. Chennithala said decisions successful that enactment were taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whereas the Congress followed a antiauthoritarian process.
“Five days is not a large delay. The enactment of the Chief Minister is simply a process. The AICC has a process for everything. We bash not person a strategy wherever Modi and Amit Shah unneurotic determine everything. Decisions are taken aft discussions and done antiauthoritarian means,” helium said.
Referring to the BJP disapproval connected the issue, Mr. Chennithala said determination was nary request to respond erstwhile the BJP itself had taken astir 50 days to determine connected its Chief Minister successful Delhi.
“Modi, who created uncertainty successful New Delhi for 50 days without declaring a Chief Minister, is criticising america now. He should not hide that,” helium added.
After the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP came nether onslaught from absorption parties implicit the alleged hold successful announcing its Chief Minister candidate.
On Saturday (May 9, 2026), Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held discussions successful New Delhi with Leader of the Opposition Mr. Satheesan, AICC wide caput Mr. Venugopal, Mr. Chennithala, KPCC main Sunny Joseph, and AICC wide caput successful complaint of Kerala Deepa Dasmunshi regarding the enactment of the Congress Legislature Party leader, who volition beryllium the adjacent Chief Minister of Kerala.
Later, the Kerala leaders and Ms. Dasmunshi jointly appealed to enactment workers to refrain from protests and flex-board campaigns implicit the enactment issue.
