Congress faster than BJP in selecting CM: Ajay Maken

NEW DELHI: Pushing back against the claims of delay on the part of Congress in selecting Kerala CM, AICC manager Ajay Maken said Congress has taken an average of five days in selecting its 22 CMs since 2000, against BJP’s average of 7.2 days to select its 30 CMs.

Amid intense headlines over the issue, Maken posted on social media his calculation of the time taken by the two national parties in selecting their CMs over the last 26 years.

Maken revealed that Congress has never taken more than nine days to pick a CM, like in the case of Kerala which will end on Thursday on the tenth day. He said in 14 out of the 22 cases, Congress took five days or less to select a CM.

In contrast, Maken found that BJP took 15 days to select the CM of UP in 2022, and took eight days or more in 13 of the 30 instances of selecting a CM. He said BJP’s Uttarakhand CM in 2022 was picked in 13 days, while Rajasthan CM in 2023 was selected after 12 days, as was the Delhi CM in 2025.

“Congress is 40% faster than BJP in selecting a CM,” he concluded.