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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Tuesday clarified that helium intended to prosecute successful a Facebook statement with the Leader of the Opposition, V.D Satheesan, alternatively than a face-to-face treatment arsenic suggested by sections of the media. Mr Vijayan’s connection signalled an anticlimactic extremity to speculation that a US presidential-style statement betwixt Mr. Vijayan and Mr. Satheesan was imminent.
Mr Vijayan’s Facebook station connected Monday, successful which that helium was acceptable for a debate, had led the media to hypothesise that a televised, head-to-head brushwood betwixt the 2 leaders would beryllium a cardinal item of the Assembly predetermination campaign. However, Mr. Vijayan had listed his government’s achievements successful a study paper format and did not situation immoderate idiosyncratic oregon enactment by name.
Mr. Satheesan besides signalled that helium wanted to perceive Mr Vijayan’s basal connected respective issues including the Sabarimala golden theft, allegations of corruption and nepotism, an alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) deal, and what helium described arsenic the LDF’s governance failures.
The LDF reportedly assessed that engaging straight with Mr. Satheesan’s situation could amplify what it considers the UDF’s “misleading, scandalous and false” run narrative. Sources noted that Mr. Vijayan has delibrately avoided governmental tit-for-tat speech and controversies astatine his property conferences, alternatively focusing connected showcasing his government’s “tangible achievements” for the electorate.
The LDF has besides sought to enactment the UDF connected the antiaircraft by contrasting its tenure with that of the Oommen Chandy authorities (2011-16), often referred to by the Left arsenic “dark times” — a notation to the powerfulness cuts that affected the State — with its ain grounds of ensuring uninterrupted powerfulness proviso and eliminating load shedding.
Meanwhile, the UDF has centred its run astir the Sabarimala golden theft issue, which it believes yielded electoral dividends during the 2025 section assemblage elections. The UDF has besides sought to item the payment promises announced by Rahul Gandhi, including escaped question for women successful nationalist transport buses, irrespective of their economical status.
