Game of throne: surfeit of faces for CM’s post in Congress in Kerala

The intra-party speculation over who would be the Congress’ next prospective Chief Minister if the United Democratic Front (UDF) wins the 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala keeps popping up like a jack-in-the-box despite the best efforts of the party’s leadership to tamp down such “schismatic” conjecturing.unny Joseph, V. D. Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The intra-party speculation over who would be the Congress’ next prospective Chief Minister if the United Democratic Front (UDF) wins the 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala keeps popping up like a jack-in-the-box despite the best efforts of the party’s leadership to tamp down such “schismatic” conjecturing. ADVERTISING P.J. Kurien, veteran Congress leader and former Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) pushed the organisational contestations centred on the Congress’ Chief Ministerial choice, at times muted and at times loud, into the public domain.