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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor volition skip the oath taking ceremonial of Kerala's recently designated main curate VD Satheesan connected May 18. Announcing the determination connected Friday connected his X handle, Tharoor said that helium volition beryllium successful Boston, US to present the commencement code astatine the graduation ceremonial of his alma mater, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy astatine Tufts University."I’m atrocious to beryllium missing the swearing-in ceremonial of my Congress Kerala workfellow and caller CM of Kerala VD Satheesan. I americium successful Boston this play to present the Commencement code astatine the graduation ceremonial of my alma mater, the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy astatine Tufts University and besides to enactment successful the 50th day reunion of my graduating class! An juncture for celebrating the past successful the US adjacent arsenic I look guardant to the aboriginal successful Kerala," helium wrote.
VD Satheesan was nominated connected Thursday, a week aft the Congress-led United Democratic Front swept backmost to powerfulness successful Kerala, ending the 2nd consecutive word of the Left Democratic Front-led by Pinarayi Vijayan.The determination was finalised by the Congress enactment aft discussions wrong the party’s apical brass, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.Satheesan won the 2026 Kerala assembly predetermination from the Paravur constituency, marking his sixth consecutive word arsenic an MLA. He secured 78,658 votes and defeated CPI campaigner E T Taison Master by a borderline of 20,600 votes. He has represented Paravur for 25 years, having archetypal won the spot successful 2001.
