Venugopal, Chennithala Meet Sonia Gandhi

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala reached the residence of Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday as the party is yet to decide on the next Chief Minister of Keralam after the massive victory in the assembly elections.

KC Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala are among the key candidates in the race to attain the top post of Keralam, along with Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan.

Earlier, Chennithala had said, “The party will take the final decision on all these issues. We have achieved a spectacular victory in Keralam… Now other things will be decided by the Congress high command. There are several leaders in the Congress party, but whatever the high command decides, all Congress leaders will accept it.”

The Congress has begun the process of forming a government in Keralam, where the party-led UDF scored a thumping victory in the assembly polls, winning 102 seats in the 140-member assembly. Sources said that the party has appointed its leaders Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik as observers to know the views of the newly elected MPs to decide on the choice of Prime Minister.

Earlier, KC Venugopal expressed his gratitude to the people of Keralam and said: “The people of Kerala have shown their faith in the Congress party and the UDF alliance. They have faith in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Kharge ji.” UDF’s victory was seen as a major political shift in the state and reflected growing support for the Congress and its allies as the party strengthened its influence under the guidance of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun. Kharge.

Meanwhile, as speculations about the alliance’s chief ministerial candidate intensified, posters of Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal were put up along Trivandrum Road on Tuesday as part of celebrations following the landslide victory of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the 2026 Keralam Assembly elections.

The UDF secured 102 seats in the 140-member Assembly when the results of the April 9 elections were announced on Monday, marking a decisive mandate after a decade and a significant political shift in the state. The Congress emerged as the largest party in the alliance with 63 seats, while its main ally the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) won 22 seats.