India, May 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a jibe at the Congress after it named V D Satheesan as the CM pick after a 10-day suspense, calling the party the "new Muslim League".

The BJP accused the Congress of bowing to pressure from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in choosing V D Satheesan as Kerala's next chief minister, while also alleging that internal "infighting" within the party would make the new government "remote-controlled".

The Congress earlier in the day announced V D Satheesan as the next Kerala chief minister, bringing to an end days of suspense and speculation over the leadership choice.

The decision was announced at a press conference in Delhi by AICC Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi and the party's c...