Congress MLA Ramesh Chennithala Press. File
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H. Vibhu
May 15, 2026 10:10
UDF leadership meeting to lay out the contours of the next Kerala cabinet gets underway
The United Democratic Front (UDF)’s top leadership meeting at the Cantonment House in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday (May 15) will likely lay out the contours of the next Kerala Cabinet.
The UDF is seeking to turn the page on the uncertainty that gripped the alliance following the Congress’s ten-day delay in choosing its Chief Ministerial candidate by fast-tracking the government formation process.
According to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) insiders privy to the government formation process, the Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan will likely invite senior leader Ramesh Chennithala to join the Cabinet.
- G. Anand
May 15, 2026 09:59
Ramesh Chennithala belatedly backs Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan
At least transiently on Thursday (May 14), the United Democratic Front (UDF)’s platform of unity, which delivered the alliance an extraordinary electoral triumph, appeared shaky after Mr. Chennithala skipped the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting chaired by Mr. Satheesan and went incommunicado after the high command tapped Mr. Satheesan for the top post.
A detente emerges in Congress as Ramesh Chennithala belatedly backs Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan
Ramesh Chennithala backs V.D. Satheesan as Chief Minister, signaling unity in Kerala's Congress party amidst previous tensions.
Published - May 15, 2026 09:52 am IST
