There is palpable discontent within the Venugopal camp over the manner in which he was, according to his supporters, “disgracefully” elbowed out by the Congress high command.
The high command believes the unruly incidents linked to the CM selection were not spontaneous, but orchestrated by certain leaders as a pressure tactic.
Videos on social media showed workers questioning why leaders were backing Venugopal instead of Satheesan, who is widely credited with engineering the UDF’s landslide victory.
KC Venugopal, VD Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala are frontrunners for Kerala CM, with a majority of MLAs backing Venugopal while Satheesan emerges as the public choice.
Party sources said AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal has the strong backing of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for the post.
