Kerala legislative assembly LoP V D Satheesan with Kerala Congress President Sunny Joseph, party General Secretary K C Venugopal and Congress senior leader Ramesh Chennithala speak to the media as they leave from party president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence after the Kerala Congress meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI

Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday said that whatever decision the party high command takes regarding the chief ministerial post in Kerala will be accepted by all Congress and UDF workers in the state.

"We have conveyed whatever we had to say to the high command. They have heard everything. The rest is for them to decide," Chennithala told reporters here after returning from New Delhi.

He said the delay in taking the decision is part of a democratic procedure.

Whatever decision the party high command takes regarding the chief ministerial post in Kerala will be accepted by all Congress and UDF workers in the state, he added.

Chennithala is among the three main contenders for the Chief Minister's post in the state.

On Sunday, he had criticised the BJP amid the ongoing deliberations over the selection of Kerala's next chief minister, saying the Congress was not a party that functioned on instructions from Nagpur.

On Saturday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi held discussions in New Delhi with Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Chennithala, KPCC chief Sunny Joseph and AICC general secretary in-charge of Kerala Deepa Dasmunsi regarding the selection of the Congress Legislature Party leader, who will become the next chief minister of Kerala.

Later, the Kerala leaders and Dasmunsi jointly appealed to party workers to refrain from protests and flex board campaigns over the leadership issue.

Published on May 11, 2026