Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, March 12, 2011: The election committee meeting of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has authorized KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala and opposition leader Oommen Chandy to prepare the list of Congress candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. The list of candidates would be prepared after holding discussions with the senior party leaders.

The decision on the guidelines for selecting the party candidates will be taken by the AICC. All the senior leaders, including Union Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, Defence Minister AK Antony, Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran and V M Sudheeran, among others attended the meeting.