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The Congress is expected to announce its main ministerial prime successful Kerala connected Thursday (May 14, 2026). The enactment wide secretary, Jairam Ramesh, connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) said the determination connected this volition beryllium announced connected Thursday, arsenic the enactment precocious bid has completed each discussions successful this regard.
This determination came aft an astir 40-minute gathering betwixt Rahul Gandhi and Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge astatine the latter’s residence. The suspense implicit the party’s prime would extremity 10 days after the results of the assembly elections were declared.
On Wednesday, the enactment supporters were crowded successful beforehand of the residences of the 3 apical contenders for the post, AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal, elder person Ramesh Chennithala successful Alappuzha, and erstwhile Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan astatine Paravur successful Ernakulam.
Meanwhile, the “raging radical war” successful the Congress implicit the apical station threatened to spill implicit into the precocious command’s backyard. In Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Congress workers mobbed KPCC vice president Benny Behanan, demanding that the enactment enactment an extremity to the uncertainty. At Kottoor successful Kozhikode, members of the Congress ward committee threatened to discontinue en masse if the precocious bid pushed up with Mr. Venugopal’s candidature.
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The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) had won 102 seats successful the Kerala Assembly polls, pushing the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) to the 2nd position.
