Jamaat ties will backfire for UDF, says Vijayaraghavan
CPI(M) Politburo member A. Vijayaraghavan has said that by glorifying an organisation like the Jamaat-e-Islami, the United Democratic Front (UDF) leadership has ensured its own defeat.
Addressing the media at Nilambur on Tuesday (June 17), Mr. Vijayaraghavan described the Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation that views the world solely through a religious lens, approaching all issues from a sectarian perspective.
'Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan's attempts to justify the Jamaat and the UDF connection with it will backfire in Nilambur,' he said. 'Mr. Satheesan has whitewashed an outfit that should not be encouraged,' he added. 'He has scored a self-goal.'
He accused the UDF of experimenting with generating votes through communal polarisation. 'But the Muslim community has rejected the UDF's association with the Jamaat-e-Islami. But the UDF is unable to realise this fact,' he said.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan said that the UDF had failed to grasp the people's demands and viewpoints. 'Attempts by the UDF to resort to old tactics have made them look ridiculous,' he added.
The CPI(M) leader blamed UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath for failing to call on former DCC president V.V. Prakash's family during his campaign. He said the Congress had ignored Prakash's family.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan said P.V. Anvar, who quit his Assembly membership, necessitating the June 19 byelection in Nilambur, would not make any impact on the ballot.
He declined to provide a specific margin for the LDF's predicted victory, saying, 'I'm not a magician like Muthukad, I can't forecast a figure like he does. It will be a comfortable victory for LDF.'
LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan criticised Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi for making 'false statements' about the LDF government in the State. He said UDF leaders in the State had fed Ms. Gandhi with falsehoods.
'The government gave a pension in arrears because of the Central government's unsupportive role,' he said.
According to Mr. Ramakrishnan, it was the Congress government at the Centre which made the current wildlife laws. 'We want the laws to be changed in favour of the people. But the BJP government at the Centre is not allowing us,' he said, adding that the State government was not responsible for the increasing incidence of human-wildlife conflict.
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