(From left) Congress leaders K C Venugopal, Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan are said to be in the race for the Kerala CM's post.

Unable to resolve the tussle over who will be the Chief Minister of Kerala, a week after the Assembly election results were announced, the Congress high command has summoned former state Congress presidents, some senior leaders, and working presidents of the state unit to Delhi for a meeting on Tuesday. The attempt seems to be to dress up the decision as a collective one to ensure that blame does not land at the leadership’s doorstep.

With V D Satheesan, who was the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the previous Assembly, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, and former state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala refusing to give up their claim for the post, the high command has found itself in a fix, especially since Venugopal, who is not an MLA and is part of the central leadership, is the choice of a majority of newly elected MLAs…