Sonia calls Chandy, Chennithala after Satheesan appointed LoP
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Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 : Hours after the AICC came out with the decision to appoint V.D. Satheesan as the new Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday called up senior leader Oommen Chandy and outgoing leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, to pacify them.
Incidentally, the AICC delegation led by Upper House Leader of Opposition Malikarjuna Kharghae and former Puducherry Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam arrived in the state capital and had a one-on-one talk with all the 21 legislators and in it Chennithala had got the support of the maximum legislators, even though the other contestants who expressed their desire was Satheesan, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan and P.T. Thomas.
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Vijayan enters record books for being sworn-in as CM for second straight term
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Mumbai: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ats Mumbai Collective , in Mumbai on Feb 2, 2020.. Image Source: IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 : It was a day that members and supporters of the Left Democratic Front were eagerly awaiting since the results for the April 6 Assembly elections came out on May 2, as Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday took oath as Kerala Chief Minister for a second consecutive term, breaking an over four-decade pattern of alternating governments.
The LDF comfortably retained power, winning a record 99 seats in the 140-member Assembly and leaving the Congress-led united Democratic Front, which was hopeful of returning to power, with only 41.