Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | Public figures openly throw weight behind V D Satheesan in Chief Minister race

An open letter to Rahul Gandhi under the banner 'Concerned citizens of Kerala' that is doing the rounds on social media supporting Satheesan as the CM is also being widely endorsed by many known persons.

Thiruvananthapuram: As the power tussle in the Congress in Kerala for the Chief Minister post intensifies, some known public figures are openly backing V D Satheesan citing his leadership role in ensuring Congress-led United Democratic Front's (UDF) thumping victory in the Assembly.

While filmmaker Bhadran said that denying CM post to Satheesan would be a political blunder, now environmentalist and social activists Sridhar Radhakrishnan said such a move would amount to hijacking of people's mandate.

An open letter to AICC top leader Rahul Gandhi under the banner 'Concerned citizens of Kerala' that is doing the rounds on social media supporting Satheesan as the CM is also being widely endorsed by many known persons.

In a social media post, Bhadran requested the Congress high command that one who successfully led the fight should not be forced to go on political exile. "The AICC leadership should be able to realise that the people who voted for Congress wish to see Satheesan as the Chief Minister. If the one who deserves to be the CM is denied it, that would be a political blunder," he said.

Radhakrishnan said on social media that what was happening now within the Congress in Kerala was not democracy in action. It is a Hijack of democracy. "If it is V D Satheesan  who led the UDF to victory, it should be V D Satheeshan leading the Government. That is the people's mandate. Anything else is a hijack of the mandate," he said.