Kerala: Achyutanandan resigns. Assam: Congress retains power

Inu00a0a day after the Left Democratic Front led by him lost the assembly polls, VS Achuthanandan on Saturday resigned as the Kerala Chief Minister while the Congress-led UDF said it would introspect as to why its margin of victory was so thin. Governor RS Gavai asked Achuthanandan to continue in office as a care taker Chief Minister till the next government takes office.

Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaikhangam said the victory of Congress in Assam Assembly election, where Tarun Gogoi is expected to hold the Chief Minister's office for the third term, will have a profound impact in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the North East particularly in Manipur which goes to poll next year.