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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when Sabarimala has once more taken centrestage in an election, Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala has alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is attempting to idiot the individuals of the state on the problem.
In an interview to The New Indian Express within the midst of his hectic marketing campaign schedule, Chennithala additionally stated there exists a robust anti-incumbency sentiment in opposition to the LDF authorities. People want change and they’re going to undoubtedly vote the UDF to energy, he stated. Excerpts.
Every authorities within the state faces a robust anti-incumbency sentiment in direction of the top of its tenure. But the LDF authorities claims it doesn’t face that issue.
A: There is a robust anti-incumbency wave in opposition to the LDF authorities. Reports on the contrary are creations of PR businesses and paid information. All this discuss of LDF returning to energy is way from floor actuality. People within the state want change and they’re going to vote the UDF to energy.
#KeralaAssemblyElections2021Opposition Leader Ramesh @chennithala tells @NewIndianXpress in an interview that Chief Minister @vijayanpinarayi is attempting to idiot the individuals of the state on #Sabarimala challenge.Read full interview:https://t.co/Ajie2iV1lv pic.twitter.com/TMnyrYkqJ2
— Sovi Vidyadharan (@sovividyadharan) March 21, 2021
The LDF has offered free ration and has additionally proposed an additional hike in welfare pension. Has the UDF too realised its potential and is that the rationale a hike in welfare pension finds point out within the UDF manifesto?
It shouldn’t be seen as mere distribution of freebies. We want to handle the real wants of the individuals and that’s why we’ve promised enhanced welfare pension. Besides, the NYAY scheme proposed within the UDF manifesto will likely be a recreation changer within the state.
What is your evaluation of the UDF’s prospects on this election?
I’m not prepared for any hypothesis at this juncture however I can very confidently say that we are going to get a cushty majority to type the subsequent authorities. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated the Sabarimala verdict will likely be applied after taking all stakeholders into confidence. Your views.The chief minister is attempting to idiot the individuals of the state. Why hasn’t he taken everybody into confidence earlier than? If the chief minister was honest, he ought to have given a revised affidavit within the Supreme Court supporting the religion of believers.
Will enactment of a laws as promised by the UDF convey a everlasting answer to the deadlock?
Religious actions are within the Concurrent List and each the Centre and the state can enact laws on it. We are agency on adopting that course to guard customs and beliefs related to the Sabarimala temple.
Don’t you suppose extreme give attention to Sabarimala could backfire, particularly amongst minority communities?
Every group is eager on defending its faiths and beliefs. Besides, Sabarimala is a secular place of worship and all people is excited by defending its customs and traditions. The Sabarimala challenge has a common enchantment chopping throughout caste and non secular strains.
You have raised quite a few prices of corruption in opposition to the LDF authorities But the LDF says individuals need discourse on improvement and never controversies?
It’s our obligation to make the individuals conscious of the LDF authorities’s scams. One of the main speaking factors of my Aishwarya Kerala Yatra was improvement and a affluent Kerala. It is just the UDF that has all the time focussed on improvement and applied it successfully.
The Chief Minister has stated the Congress-Muslim League-BJP (Co-Le-B) alliance nonetheless exists within the state. Your views.
RSS chief Balashankar’s assertion has laid naked the shut ties between the CPM and the BJP within the state. It is to divert consideration from such disclosures that the chief minister is talking of a non-existent ‘Co-Le-B’ alliance. This has been the LDF’s ploy in each election.
The LDF is dealing with the election with Pinarayi Vijayan as its captain. But on the subject of the UDF, persons are confused who its captain is?
The Congress doesn’t finalise its CM candidate prematurely. So, it should don’t have any influence on our spirited and united marketing campaign. The excessive command will resolve the chief minister in session with the elected MLAs.
When the candidate in Nemom was being finalised, yours and Oommen Chandy’s names did the rounds after which vanished. Don’t you suppose the confusion might have been averted?
There was no confusion concerning the candidate in Nemom. We have fielded Ok Muraleedharan, one of many senior leaders of the social gathering, and we’re very assured of wresting the seat from the BJP.
With Ok Muraleedharan taking on the problem within the BJP stronghold of Nemom as directed by the High Command, there are experiences that he could be a attainable contender to the CM’s put up?
Let me make it clear, the High Command didn’t ask anybody to contest in Nemom. The state management determined the candidate. Regarding the CM’s put up, anybody could be a contender however it’s for the High Command to take a ultimate resolution.
Why was there confusion on fielding a robust candidate in opposition to the chief minister in Dharmadom?
Ok Sudhakaran can not contest as a result of his presence is required in all 140 constituencies in the course of the marketing campaign. He can’t be tied up in Dharmadom alone. That’s why we selected a special candidate.
Have big protests following the announcement of candidates dented the picture of the Congress?
What concerning the so-called disciplined social gathering, the CPM? We noticed so many processions and unprecedented protests in that social gathering too. The Congress is a household the place every member is free to precise his or her sentiments and it is part of our democratic custom. But now, we’re all united to struggle the election.
