Kerala CM Satheesan to meet Congress high command in Delhi

Fresh from securing the top post after an intense internal battle within the Congress, Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan is slated to leave for New Delhi later on Friday for a round of meetings with the party high command.

Satheesan is scheduled to meet senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party President Mallikarjuna Kharge on



Saturday.

From Delhi, he will fly back to his hometown Kochi and will return to the state capital city only on Monday.

Party sources said the visit is largely being viewed as a thanksgiving trip to the Congress leadership after Satheesan emerged victorious in the race for the top post in Kerala despite stiff competition from senior leaders, including K. C. Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala.