INTERVIEW| BJP will emerge as decisive political pressure after Kerala polls: Kummanam Rajasekharan

Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Right from the start, former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan had been the unanimous selection as candidate within the BJP’s lone and most prestigious seat Nemom.

In an unique interview to The New Indian Express shortly after he was declared the candidate, he mentioned Congress chief Ok Muraleedharan’s candidature in Nemom can have no influence as he lacks folks’s belief. He mentioned the BJP will emerge as a decisive pressure after the meeting elections and lots of events from different alliances will enter the NDA fold and work below a Common Minimum Programme. 

The Excerpts:

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Q. Nemom is probably the most prestigious seat of the BJP. How do you view your prospects within the constituency?

A: My candidature is the results of the belief that the folks of Nemom and the celebration has reposed in me. I’m not a newcomer to this seat as Nemom is among the meeting segments which make up the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency from the place I contested the earlier election.  Nemom had given me a lead of 12,000 votes over my rival. 

Q: Congress has fielded a heavyweight candidate Ok Muraleedharan towards you. How do you view his candidature?

A: Ok Muraleedharan’s candidature can have no influence in Nemom. He lacks folks’s belief. He had abandoned the folks of Vattiyoorkavu first and now Vadakara. People of Nemom are cautious of assembly an identical destiny in the event that they had been to elect him. If Muraleedharan had been honest, he ought to have resigned from the Lok Sabha  earlier than coming into the fray for the meeting ballot.

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Q: Many say Kummanam’s prospects in Nemom should not as rosy as these of O Rajagopal’s in 2016 because the latter loved good will reducing throughout sections?

A: Each candidate has his personal deserves. Along with the candidate’s private attraction, the stance of the celebration, its fights for the reason for the folks and its insurance policies are additionally decisive components in an election. Besides, Nemom is a constituency which has derived the utmost profit out of the varied schemes piloted by the Narendra Modi authorities.  

Q. The BJP state president has twice claimed that the NDA can type the federal government even when it will get 35 seats. Does this imply that the BJP is planning to engineer splits and defections in different events in post-poll situation?

A: With this election, BJP will show itself as a decisive pressure in state politics, which was not the case earlier. Once different events recognise us as a decisive pressure, they are going to enter the NDA fold and work with us below a Common Minimum Programme.

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Q. How profitable has the celebration been in successful the boldness of minorities?

A: Winning over the minority communities doesn’t occur in a single day. We have to achieve their confidence in a sluggish and regular method. Congress chief Vijayan Thomas, a outstanding chief belonging to the Christian neighborhood, has entered our fold. The misunderstandings of the Muslim neighborhood relating to the BJP are slowly vanishing. Besides, we now have given ample illustration to minorities in our candidate record.