Of the 52 seats that the Congress had won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 15 were from Kerala. Retaining that number in the 2024 polls is a major challenge before the party, which began a two-day brainstorming session, Navsankalp Chintan Shivir here on Saturday to get ready for the polls.
The strategy of the party is to draw similarities between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the State and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre and be alert against new players such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Twenty20. This was evident from the speeches delivered by leaders such as All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of organisation K.C. Venugopal, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and senior leader Ramesh Chennithala on the first day.
Former KPCC presidents Mullappally Ramachandran and V.M. Sudheeran were conspicuous by their absence.
