Kerala Elections | Congress Yet To Finalise Kerala CM: What's The Deadline In The Constitution?

Kerala does not have a Chief Ministerial candidate almost a week after the election results were declared. The reason being the silent tug of war within the Congress, with four aspirants in the running for the top job. Leading the list is party general secretary KC Venugopal, followed by VD Satheesan and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala. The state Congress chief K Sudhakaran, also considers himself a contender. The party is still in the consultations process, which was set off by two senior leaders - Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik - sent to the state to serve as observers.But after a state’s elections are over, how soon does a new government have to be formed, and what happens if that timeline is breached? Let's decode