Congresspresident Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP Rahul Gandhi will take the final decision on who will be the nextKeralaChief Minister, state in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi said on Saturday. The development has come after party's top brass held a 3-hour-long high stakes meeting in the national capital to brainstorm on its Kerala CM designate. The meeting convened by Kharge at his residence was attended by Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in-charge of the state, Deepa Dasmunshi; General Secretary, Organisation, KC Venugopal, and senior Kerala leaders Ramesh Chennithala and VD Satheesan.
Venugopal, Satheesan and Chennithala are considered to be the frontrunners in the race for the CM's post.
Post the meeting, Dasmunshi said that all Congress MLA-elects have signed a one-line resolution authorising the high command to make the final decision. He also added that some unruly incidents have happened that are not part of the Congress culture.
One of the three key CM contenders, Chennithala said, "Everyone expressed their views, and Rahul heard them patiently. The final decision on the chief minister will be taken by the Congress high command, and whatever decision is made will be accepted by all."
Kerala Congress unit chief Sunny Joseph and senior observers, Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik, were also present.
"Very soon, in due time, we will get our final decision by our high command," Dasmunshi told reporters after the meeting when asked about the new chief minister in Kerala.
Referring to protests by various factions in the winning Congress-led UDF alliance in Kerala in the last two days over the issue of the chief ministerial candidate, she said some unruly incidents have happened and they are not part of the Congress culture and urged the party workers to put an end to them.
"People have given us a landslide majority and those unruly incidents are not our Congress culture. We are urging all our workers to stop this kind of activity," she told reporters.
When pressed further about the announcement of the chief minister's name, she replied, "We will have a final decision very soon.
"23rd May is the last day. I think in due time, we will get the final decision by our high command and we are waiting for that. In due time, the due course of action will be taken. The final decision has to be taken by the high command." Dasmunshi was flanked by Congress leaders from the state.
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