Kharge, Rahul, Priyanka to attend VD Satheesan’s swearing-in ceremony

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will reportedly attend the swearing-in ceremony of Kerala chief minister-designate VD Satheesan.

The event will take place in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, May 18, sources told PTI.

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As of now, there is no confirmation on whether Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi would attend the event or not.

Earlier, Satheesan informed that the party’s national leadership would invite leaders from other states for the ceremony.

All chief ministers of Congress-ruled states – Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh – are also expected to remain present during the ceremony.

Meanwhile, the party has also invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay, but a confirmation from him is currently awaited.

Satheesan is all set to take oath along with his Cabinet at the ceremony, which will begin at 10 am at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, according to Congress leaders.

The Congress-led UDF earlier bagged 102 of the 140 Assembly seats in the recently concluded Kerala elections.