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NEW DELHI: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar took a crisp swipe astatine the Congress implicit its nonaccomplishment to determine connected a main curate face, joking that adjacent the BJP appeared “split” implicit whether Congress person KC Venugopal should stay successful Delhi oregon determination to Kerala.This comes arsenic Congress, contempt the UDF confederation securing a sweeping triumph successful the assembly elections, remained locked successful a bitter interior tussle until days aft the results were announced. The deadlock makes Kerala the lone 1 of the 4 states that went into assembly elections this twelvemonth without a main minister.Replying to a idiosyncratic connected X joking connected the prolonged deadlock implicit the apical post, Chandrasekhar sarcastically suggested that adjacent the BJP had a preferred campaigner among the Congress contenders.The station shared by a netizen said, "Hilarious pugnacious combat betwixt Kerala BJP and nationalist BJP. Kerala BJP wants KC Venugopal successful Kerala, nationalist BJP wants KC Venugopal successful Delhi".Quoting the post, Chandrasekhar wrote, "My effect - I volition neither corroborate nor contradict that this is true."
The speech rapidly drew attraction online arsenic the Congress enactment successful Kerala continued to conflict to get astatine a statement connected its main ministerial look contempt the UDF securing a commanding 102 seats successful the 140-member Kerala Assembly earlier this month.
Three elder Congress leaders person emerged arsenic frontrunners for the post: Congress wide caput KC Venugopal, Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan and elder person Ramesh Chennithala. The enactment contention has triggered aggravated lobbying wrong the party, with supporters of the 3 camps engaging successful poster campaigns, nationalist messaging and online sparring.While Satheesan and Chennithala contested the Assembly elections, Venugopal, presently a Member of Parliament and a cardinal fig successful the Congress precocious command, has besides emerged arsenic a superior contender, turning the contention into a three-cornered battle.According to Congress sources, a bulk of MLAs are believed to beryllium backing Venugopal. Satheesan, however, continues to bask important enactment among enactment workers, portion Chennithala remains successful contention aft antecedently being viewed arsenic a beardown Chief Ministerial imaginable successful the 2021 Assembly polls.Even arsenic each 3 leaders person publically appealed to supporters to debar factionalism and nationalist displays of strength, the powerfulness conflict wrong the Congress has continued unabated, delaying the announcement of Kerala’s adjacent Chief Minister portion different states that went to the polls earlier this period person already installed their governments.
