Not Venu, VD. Not quite Vici

Congress high command’s dithering before confirming Satheesan as Kerala CM has taken the shine off the party’s post-win profile, and is a bad sign for the future

VD Satheesan’s rise as the most popular political figure in Kerala, and now CM-designate, cannot be understood merely through the conventional language of electoral arithmetic, or anti-incumbency.

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His popularity arose from a deeper political shift: transformation of opposition politics from discourse, centred on administrative criticism and developmental activities, into one organised around dignity, democratic anxiety, social recognition, and affective reassurance.

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