Kerala: VD Satheesan will take oath as Chief Minister tomorrow, Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will attend the ceremony.
UDF has won 102 seats in the 140-member assembly.
New Delhi. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party president Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Kerala Chief Minister nominee VD Satheesan in Thiruvananthapuram on May 18. Party sources said that Lok Sabha member from Wayanad and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also attend the function.
He said that till now there has been no confirmation regarding the participation of Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi in the function. Satheesan had earlier said that the national leadership would invite leaders from other states for the function.
Party sources said the chief ministers of Congress-ruled states Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh will also attend the function. According to sources, Congress has also invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) president C Joseph Vijay, but confirmation from his side is awaited. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has won 102 seats in the 140-member Kerala Assembly.
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