Pinarayi doubts NSS’ Sabarimala outbursts. Don’t intimidate, says Sukumaran Nair

By Express News Service
T’PURAM/KOTTAYAM: After a quick lull, the stage is ready for a direct confrontation between the Left entrance and the Nair Service Society. The NSS has been focusing on the LDF authorities over the Sabarimala problem for fairly a while now. With simply two weeks remaining for the elections, the NSS insists on making Sabarimala the central level of debate. The Left, alternatively, is regularly shedding its mild manner and has began a counterattack.  

The Left has been cautious as it’s apprehensive whether or not the opposition by the NSS will replicate within the meeting polls, particularly within the backdrop of the final Lok Sabha elections. Most Left leaders, apart from CPI state chief Kanam Rajendran, have opted for a gentle stance on the NSS criticism in opposition to the entrance. 

The CPM’s declared stance has been to keep away from controversies, particularly associated to Sabarimala, in view of the approaching polls. This has additionally contributed to the Left retaining mum regardless of a direct onslaught by the NSS. However, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had evaded responding to NSS criticism immediately until now, on Wednesday warned the outfit that such a stream of criticism will solely result in undue suspicion among the many plenty. He was, nonetheless, fast so as to add that neither he nor the Left authorities has any points, per se, with the NSS. 

Nevertheless, the NSS continued its tirade in opposition to the Left on Wednesday too. NSS normal secretary G Sukumaran Nair warned that none shall harbour the thought that they may intimidate the organisation. “There is no political agenda behind the demands raised by the  organisation. But if anyone thinks that they can intimidate the organisation, they live in a fool’s paradise,” added Nair. 

‘NSS flak won’t have an effect on Left’

The open tiff comes at a time when the UDF and the BJP have been making an attempt persistently to deliver the Sabarimala problem again to the centre stage and the LDF struggling to maintain it at bay. Political commentator N M Pearson mentioned the NSS criticism wouldn’t create any main impression on the Left’s electoral prospects as such. 

“The NSS has been indulging in a silent anti-Left campaign for long, even during the local body polls. Now with assembly elections around the corner, this has just spilled out in the open. Other than an impression that the Left and NSS are always at loggerheads, no other undercurrents would be felt,” mentioned Pearson.