New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Ahead of the Congress' Kerala unit meeting with senior leadership, state party leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the meeting had been called for election preparations in the state.

He further stated that the meeting had been called by AICC to strengthen their presence.

"Whenever elections are about to be held in a state, AICC holds a meeting of the leaders. Elections will be held in Kerala next year. So, this meeting has been called for the election preparation...Congress in Kerala is strong. AICC has called today's meeting to further strengthen it.." Chennithala said speaking to ANI.

Party leader P.J. Kurien when questioned if party MP Shashi Tharoor would be present in the meeting said that he would certainly ...