Jaick had contested and lost against former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy in the 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections, though he significantly reduced the vote margin between them in 2021.
Oommen Chandy's son Chandy Oommen has been tipped to become the Congress candidate even though his daughter Achu Oommen also has experience of student politics.
Youth Congress state general secretary Sarin P issued a statement saying that if CM Pinarayi were to attend the event, it would be a confession of the political ‘witch-hunting’ of Oommen Chandy.
The veteran Congress leader, who is also a legislator with 53 years of experience and a two-time chief minister of Kerala, proved once again that people are his wealth.
Former CM of Kerala, Oommen Chandy was a people man who used to work for over 19-20 hours. His mass outreach programmes to interact with the public used to begin at 9 in the morning and continue till the other day