Ramesh Chennithala is a former Kerala Home Minister and a former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.
Mr Chennithala was recently made a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee, a position he held 19 years ago.
In an interview to The Hindu, Mr Chennithala spoke about the Congress party’s chances in upcoming elections; his loyalty to the Nehru-Gandhi family; his equation with KPCC members and the Leader of the Opposition; his opinions on the shortcomings of the incumbent LDF party, and why he says he is ‘Mahatma Gandhi’s Hindu’.
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