Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 -- Two observers sent by the AICC leadership held consultations with the party's MLA-elects and passed a resolution on Thursday authorising the high command to decide on the chief minister's post, days after the UDF alliance scored a landslide victory in the Kerala assembly elections.

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting took place at Indira Bhawan, the state party headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, shortly after 11 am, during which the resolution was adopted, and the 63 MLAs-elect of the party were sounded out by the observers, Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik, on their preferences and opinions on the top post.

At present, the leading contenders for the CM's post are outgoing Leader of Opposition VD Sathee...