It seems that the Congress party has developed a remarkable talent that whenever it is handed a rare political victory, it treats it not as a mandate to govern but as an opportunity for collective nervous collapse. Having been reduced to a shrinking archipelago amid the BJP’s continental expansion, the party finally managed to secure Kerala this time. And yet, instead of focusing on issues, it has immediately begun heckling its own Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan over his surn

New Delhi: In Kerala, reaching the Chief Minister’s office is never merely about winning an election. Political legitimacy in the state is shaped through ideology, organizational work, public engagement, student politics, social balancing, and years of patient political labor. That is why the rise of V. D. Satheesan is not just another political appointment, but it also represents the return of a Congress tradition in which leaders who spend decades working within the organiz