Kerala polls: Three names in race for CM post if UDF wins, says Congress leader PJ Kurien

NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress person PJ Kurien connected Saturday made it wide that portion the Congress has galore leaders susceptible of becoming main minister, lone 3 names are presently successful superior information if the UDF comes to powerfulness successful Kerala.

He, however, chose not to disclose who those contenders are.Speaking to a TV channel, Kurien said that dissimilar the Left Front, the Congress has nary shortage of qualified leaders. He added that whoever is chosen arsenic main minister, the determination volition beryllium accepted by everyone successful the party, adjacent if they personally disagree.He said helium besides has his ain penchant for the post, but would respect the party’s last decision.Kurien added that determination is thing incorrect if idiosyncratic wants oregon aspires to beryllium main minister, arsenic it is simply a antiauthoritarian strategy and everyone has the close to explicit their opinion."After the results are announced connected May 4 and the UDF wins, the precocious bid volition intervene, the opinions of the authorities enactment and MLAs volition beryllium sought and a last determination volition beryllium taken connected who shall beryllium the CM. That volition beryllium unanimously accepted by everyone successful the party," helium said.He besides clarified that nary of the elder leaders, including KC Venugopal, Ramesh Chennithala and VD Satheesan, person publically expressed a tendency to go main curate , and said it is the media that has fuelled specified speculation.

On exit polls, Kurien said the UDF would triumph with a overmuch bigger bulk than predicted, claiming determination is beardown anti-incumbency among voters who privation a alteration successful government.Several exit polls person indicated a adjacent contention betwixt the ruling LDF and the UDF, pointing towards the anticipation of a hung Assembly, though astir springiness a flimsy borderline to the UDF.Kerala went to polls successful a azygous signifier connected April 9 crossed each 140 constituencies, with results expected connected May 4.