Congress’s Kerala affairs in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi and senior party leaders VD Satheeshan, Ramesh Chennithala, Sunny Joseph and KC Venugopal after meeting party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Gajendra Yadav) 4 min read New Delhi May 10, 2026 07:36 AM IST First published on: May 10, 2026 at 06:45 AM IST The tussle within Congress over its choice of Kerala Chief Minister intensified Saturday, with the party high command failing to arrive at a consensus candidate even after three hours of intense discussions with the three contenders — outgoing state Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V D Satheesan, AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, and former state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala — at party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in Delhi. The only saving grace for the high command was that it managed to persuade the three leaders to jointly appeal to their supporters to stop taking the chief ministerial race to the streets.…