The Congress high command has deferred announcing the party’s Chief Minister designate for Kerala, ostensibly until Thursday (May 14, 2026).
The test of nerves centred on the Congress’ so far unsettled leadership question in Kerala, despite a historic win in the Assembly elections, appeared set to go down to the wire with a high-level meeting between Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi and Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge in the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) ending without an announcement.
