For party outsiders, Minister for Local Self-Government M.V. Govindan is, to some measure, a dark horse for the post of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary.
The goings-on at the CPI(M) meeting are largely secret traditionally. They remain mostly in the realm of conjecture till the party puts its cards on the table. It seems with hindsight, many had wrongly speculated that Mr. Govindan was an unlikely candidate for the top post.
They premised the hypothesis on the analysis that such an elevation would entail an "improbable" Cabinet reshuffle.
