UDF begins marketing campaign with ‘communal’ strike at CPM

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) kick-started its marketing campaign for meeting elections on Sunday by portray the LDF and the BJP with the identical brush and accusing the CPM and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of “deliberately trying to communalise” Kerala.

Speaker after speaker on the launch of the ‘Aishwarya Kerala Yatra’ — the UDF’s statewide election marketing campaign — focused the CPM for making an attempt to demonise the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). “The chief minister is pitting Hindus against Muslims and Muslims against Christians,” mentioned Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala, who’s main the yatra from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram. “Why does Vijayaraghavan (CPM state secretary in-charge) hate the Muslims so much? Why does he hate the IUML so much?” Chennithala requested. Vijayaraghavan has been constantly accusing the Congress of being subservient to the League and the Muslim-majority celebration of opening the doorways of the UDF to “Islamist” outfits.

Former chief minister Oommen Chandy, who flagged off the yatra at Kumbla in Kasaragod, mentioned the LDF authorities wasted its mandate by indulging in violent and hate politics and spreading communalism for the previous 5 years. Chennithala mentioned Panakkad’s household at all times gave thrust to secularism. 

“WHEN Babri Masjid was demolished, there was no bloodshed in Kerala because of efforts of Panakkad Shihab Thangal,” Chennithala mentioned.He mentioned it was harmful to painting the Muslims in Kerala who had given land and helped construct temples and church buildings as communalists. 

“The CM is playing with fire by creating a chasm between Muslims and Christians,” he mentioned. Chandy mentioned the LDF authorities had no intention to resolve the Sabarimala deadlock nevertheless it shattered the peace within the state by difficult the devotees. Chennithala mentioned if the UDF involves energy, it might herald a legislation to guard the religion of devotees. 

Chandy mentioned the LDF authorities didn’t herald any large initiatives however managed to balloon the debt to Rs 3.2 lakh crore from Rs 1.57 lakh crore when the UDF left the federal government. IUML chief P Ok Kunhalikutty mentioned the CPM claimed it was resisting the communal politics of the BJP throughout India. “But in Kerala, it was parroting the BJP,” he mentioned. 

“If the LDF government was confident of its work, why was it indulging in hate-mongering and spreading communalism?” he requested.The yatra would culminate in Thiruvananthapuram on February 22.