Congress faces KC Venugopal as chief minister !

way2barak, May 2: Congress in Kerala faces the big question, who will be the chief minister if the UDF wins the elections, as predicted in the exit polls?

Senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar spoke regarding this on Friday. Anwar said if party general secretary KC Venugopal is interested, he can be the next chief minister of Kerala although it all depends what the results unveil in Kerala.

Confident about UDF’s win in Kerala, Anwar was saying, “There is no confusion about it.”

While Anwar did mention Venugopal’s name as a potential chief ministerial candidate, he said that it will be upon the Congress party high command to decide who the “the appropriate person to run the show” would be.

He said the party high command will appoint an observer who will call a meeting of the legislative party and if the CM candidate is clear in the discussions, the same will be communicated to the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

“The high command will take a final view,” he as quoted as saying.

Asked whether Venugopal can become CM despite not having contested in the Assembly polls, Anwar said that if the Congress general secretary (organisation) was interested, he will have to undergo the requisite process.

“If the legislative party authorises the high command for the final decision, then it will do so,” he said.