Thiruvananthapuram | AICC observers Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken on Thursday completed meetings with Congress MLAs here to gather their views on the selection of the next Kerala Chief Minister after the party-led UDF's victory in the Assembly elections.
Responding to reporters after the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting, Wasnik said there was an atmosphere of jubilation as the Congress victory in the Assembly election was "remarkable" and "historic".
"It is a matter of great joy, and in this atmosphere the meeting took place," he said.
Asked whether it was a tough or easy decision for the AICC observers to make on the next Kerala Chief Minister, Wasnik did not give a clear answer.
"We are here to meet our colleagues and party MLAs. The meeting went on very well. The first item the Congress legislators decided was to unanimously pass a resolution, which was moved by KPCC president Sunny Joseph and seconded by the existing CLP leader V D Satheesan, authorising the Congress president to decide on the next CLP leader," he said.
Maken said the resolution was passed in the CLP meeting.
"Let us see what happens next," he said.
The Congress, which won 63 seats in the 2026 Assembly elections, convened the meeting at Indira Bhavan here amid intense discussions over the party's chief ministerial choice.
Following the adoption of the resolution, the AICC observers began individual meetings with MLAs to seek their views on the leadership issue, sources said.
Senior Congress leaders and newly elected legislators attended the closed-door meeting.
Earlier in the day, Wasnik and Maken held discussions with senior leaders including V M Sudheeran, K Sudhakaran, Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan.
The observers are expected to submit a report to the party high command, which will take the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Kerala.
The observers will also meet UDF ally leaders.
At present, senior Congress leaders V D Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal are being considered for the top post.
