Kerala Assembly Elections 2021: Congress being rejigged with Chandy back at helm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19: Ahead of state assembly elections, former chief minister and AICC general secretary Oommen Chandy is being brought back to the forefront of the leadership as part of strengthening the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala.
The
Congress
high
command
on
Monday
decided
to
set
up
a
committee
headed
by
Chandy
to
oversee
and
manage
the
party's
campaign
for
the
upcoming
polls
in
Kerala,
signalling
that
the
former
CM
would
play
a
lead
role
in
the
election
efforts.
However,
the
party,
will
not
project
Chandy
as
CM
candidate
to
avoid
an
internal
showdown
before
polls.
After UDF's poor showing in the local body elections, party chief Sonia Gandhi and senior leader Rahul Gandhi met top leaders from the state and reviewed preparations for the Assembly elections.
Amid deepening factional feud, top leaders - among them Chandy, state Congress chief Mullappally Ramachandran and Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala - met the Congress president along with senior leader A K Antony, AICC general secretary in charge of organisation K C Venugopal and AICC in charge of Kerala Tariq Anwar.
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