Oommen Chandy may seek help of high command to rope in Chennithala as Minister

New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s task in Delhi on Thursday and Friday may be to compel KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala to accept a ministerial berth in the newly-formed Cabinet in the state.

Ramesh Chennithala has made it a point that he is not interested in taking up the post of a minister.

He likes to continue to function as the KPCC president and he has affirmed that even if the high command asks him to join the Cabinet, he would politely decline the offer.

It seems Chennithala is not prepared to accept anything less than Chief Ministership, failing which he would like to be KPCC president. Definitely, he is young and he has a long time to go, at the end of which he may land himself up as Chief Minister.
Oommen Chandy has to get the list of Congress ministers in his Cabinet approved by the high command and make changes in accordance with the wishes of Sonia Gandhi.
No doubt, he would consult A.K.Antony and others in this matter.

Perhaps he would urge the high command to act in such a way that IUML and Kerala Congress(M) can be appeased by offering some central berths.