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The Hindu
The Hindu
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G Anand

Kerala looms large in Congress’ 2024 Lok Sabha election strategy

Kerala appears to loom large in the Congress party’s 2024 Lok Sabha election calculus. The party’s national leadership whisked at least 25 top Congress leaders, including MPs, from Kerala to New Delhi for a pre-poll brainstorming session at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters.

It seemed not lost on the national leadership that of the 52 seats the Congress won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 15 were from Kerala, including the high-profile Wayanad constituency bagged by Rahul Gandhi.

AICC general secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal indicated that the Congress was readying for some heavy-lifting in Kerala, and the political atmosphere was conducive to a United Democratic Front (UDF) win. However, he signalled that there was no room for complacency.

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