Shashi Tharoor to skip VD Satheesan swearing-in ceremony in Kerala; here’s the reason
Shashi Tharoor’s absence from V.D. Satheesan’s swearing-in has triggered fresh political discussion after his cryptic “future in Kerala” remark on social media.
Shashi Tharoor’s absence from V.D. Satheesan’s swearing-in has triggered fresh political discussion after his cryptic “future in Kerala” remark on social media.
After the formal announcement, the Congress Legislature Party passed a resolution to unanimously elect CM-designate Satheesan as its leader in the Assembly.
Kerala Congress chief Sunny Joseph attributed the delay to Sonia Gandhi's hospitalisation.
Backroom consultations in Delhi and competing camps within Congress continue to delay Kerala’s next chief minister announcement despite the UDF’s decisive election victory.
IUML Malappuram district general secretary P Abdul Hameed said the delay had already caused dissatisfaction among party workers as well as the public, and warned that prolonged uncertainty could have “political repercussions”.
While leaders like former KPCC president K Sudhakaran and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal are favouring Anvar’s entry into the UDF, leaders such as V D Satheesan are against such a move.
Following intensified public criticism from the family of NM Vijayan, the late Treasurer of the Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC), the Congress leadership has initiated steps to engage with the family and resolve the issue at the earliest.
The KPCC chief also dismissed reports about his health issues. “I am not suffering from any ailment,” he said, and accused the media of spreading false information about leadership change and his health condition.
He added that political murders in the state would end the day the CPI-M rejects the politics of murder.
Former state PWD minister and senior CPI-M leader and G Sudhakaran and former civil supplies minister and senior CPI leader C Divakaran participated in the event held at the Congress headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.
