Deepa Dasmunsi, party general secretary in charge of Kerala, told the media after the meeting that the high command had time until May 23 to finalise the candidate; senior leaders said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi were visibly dismayed by the poster wars and public marches
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