These are exciting times for the grand old party. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of organisation (GSO), KC Venugopal, has reportedly requested Rahul Gandhi to assign him "mission Kerala" and relieve him of the 'GSO responsibilities' he has been holding since 2019. While a question mark hangs over whether Venugopal, aka KCV, would be projected as a chief ministerial candidate for the May 2026 polls, there is a near unanimity that it is curtains down for him as GSO. The million-dollar question is who would replace KCV as the next GSO.

The Congress is undergoing a big churn that may see a meatier and bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Grand Old Party is, supposedly, a big believer in celestial movements. In such a scheme of things, Congress insiders claim nothing would move till January 14, when the ongoing 'inauspicious' period of 'malmas' would end, and, in astrological terms, astral directions would become more conducive. Apparently, a letter appointing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as head of the AICC's election management department has been ready for weeks now. Whether that letter would be junked now and a new assignment would be given to Priyanka remains to be........

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