Kharge, Rahul brainstorm with Cong. leaders from Kerala on Assembly poll strategy

Key Highlights

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• Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor, who is in Kozhikode for the Kerala Literature Festival, told reporters that he would attend the meeting remotely, rejecting reports of a rift with the national leadership.
• A Congress insider said several issues were on the table, including the first phase of candidate selection.
• The meeting, he said, weighed the electoral pros and cons of whether sitting party MPs should contest the Assembly polls, a question that had dogged the KPCC in the election year, resulting in contradictory public statements from leaders.
• He said the meeting would lay the groundwork for engaging allies, chiefly the Indian Union Muslim League and Kerala Congress parties, on seat-sharing, including swapping constituencies, particularly in central and north Kerala.