Congress is politically incompetent and ideologically bankrupt, says D. Raja

You are talking to the Tamil colonisation successful Munnar successful Tamil… 

I campaigned successful Tamil successful Thiruvananthapuram and Punalur as well, arsenic the radical wanted maine to. There is specified large affection and the radical privation to perceive astir issues relating to their livelihood and the State’s advancement alternatively than baseless allegations. 

While the Left successful Kerala is seeking continuity, it is nether onslaught for an alleged tacit knowing with the BJP and besides with the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). 

These are each baseless allegations. Looking astatine history, Kerala elected the world’s archetypal Communist authorities done the ballot successful 1957. The radical present cognize precise good what the Left question stands for and what the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) represents. Nobody tin undermine the governmental maturity and ideological knowing of the radical of Kerala. 

The Left is the astir uncompromising unit warring communal and fascist forces, from the bulk oregon the minority. When Mr. Gandhi says “the Left has mislaid its Left character”, what does helium mean? Will helium beryllium capable to explain? 

Narendra Modi is speaking successful the aforesaid manner, arsenic though the Left and the Congress person go one. In fact, it was the Left that fought against and broke one-party regularisation -- the Congress regularisation -- successful 1957. And now Mr. Modi is talking astir ‘one nation, 1 election” arsenic though helium tin reverse history. The radical volition measure governmental parties connected the ground of their show and their governmental and ideological imaginativeness for the aboriginal of Kerala. Going by the temper of the people, I judge the LDF volition proceed successful powerfulness for a 3rd consecutive term. 

Adult franchise is 1 of the large achievements and strengths of our democracy, and however radical ballot is wholly up to them. However, we person nary ideological oregon governmental compromise with immoderate communal forces. 

Given the LDF’s debacle successful the section assemblage elections conscionable 2 months ago, isn’t determination anti-incumbency astatine work? 

Yes, determination were immoderate setbacks, but radical ballot successful section assemblage elections taking into relationship galore factors, specified arsenic section administrative issues and the behaviour of individuals. 

On issues that person far-reaching implications for the payment of the radical and the improvement of the State, radical instrumentality omniscient and measured decisions. 

At the nationalist level, we are witnessing how ideology is being undermined, however the Constitution is being undermined, and however federalism is being undermined. People are analysing all of this. 

Kerala is known for its communal harmony; radical unrecorded unneurotic and stock their problems and challenges. That is wherefore the Left matters to the radical of Kerala. 

Is it a substance of interest for the Left that the BJP has been making inroads into Kerala’s polity?

Definitely. Its vote share has increased to immoderate grade in recent times and its propaganda has go widespread. Starting from the Prime Minister, the BJP’s apical leaders frequently visit Kerala due to the fact that they presumption a Left-administered Kerala arsenic a situation to them. 

They are truthful hopeless to summation a foothold successful the State. Their desperation is wide from Mr. Modi’s assemblage language. He comes to Kerala and speaks of ‘Viksit Keralam’. Earlier he spoke of ‘Viksit Bharat’. What happened to that? Is Kerala not portion of “Viksit Bharat”? 

Where is the BJP successful South India? It is simply a substance of interest for the BJP that the radical proceed to cull it. The party’s manipulations successful Bihar, Maharashtra and Haryana bash not enactment here. 

The southbound has its ain chiseled history, and the BJP knows that its authorities cannot win successful this region. In Tamil Nadu, radical inactive notation to Periyar. In Kerala, radical talk of Sree Narayana Guru and the archetypal Communist government, which introduced galore progressive measures. The BJP is truthful hopeless and truthful is Mr. Modi. 

Mr. Modi came present and raised the contented of Kerala’s debt. Now the people, and I, are asking: what is India’s overseas indebtedness today? Who is liable for it? What has happened to the worth of the Indian rupee? Mr. Modi should beryllium ashamed of this situation.

When helium was Chief Minister of Gujarat, helium said that the worth of the Indian rupee reflected the honour of the nation. Where is that honour now?

You mentioned Rahul Gandhi’s comments. Is the Congress equally desperate, having been retired of powerfulness for 10 years?

Yes, the Congress and Mr. Gandhi are desperate. But they should undertake immoderate superior introspection. The Congress indispensable judge work for the decision of the Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar election. There was nary due seat-sharing oregon associated campaign. The concern successful Haryana was nary different, and the Congress should instrumentality the blame. 

The ideological bankruptcy and governmental incompetence of the Congress are determination for each to see. Yet it refuses to introspect on how to relation efficaciously successful a ideology specified arsenic ours. That is wherefore the Congress has go hopeless and is stooping to specified a debased level, resorting to slanderous campaigns and allegations. 

So, is the Congress liable for the failures of the INDIA bloc?

That is precisely what we person been pointing retired to the Congress. When we enactment together, determination indispensable beryllium communal spot and communal accommodation. 

Our primary objective is to support the Constitution, to safeguard the secular antiauthoritarian republic, and to instrumentality the state guardant connected the principles of societal justness and equality. 

As acold arsenic Kerala is concerned, the LDF’s show is determination for everyone to see. If the Congress genuinely wishes to criticise the LDF, fto it instrumentality up adjacent 1 contented and criticise the authorities connected that basis. We tin accidental with assurance that the LDF authorities has been palmy connected galore fronts. Kerala ranks archetypal connected galore indices: it has recorded the lowest multi-dimensional poorness index, it leads successful healthcare, beingness expectancy stands astatine 75 years, and determination has been notable advancement successful acquisition and public-sector employment. The authorities has besides accrued the minimum wages of labourers. 

Let the Congress therefore identify at slightest 1 contented connected which it tin reason that the LDF authorities has failed oregon made nary progress. Instead, it has resorted to a slanderous campaign. This is something Mr. Gandhi should realise; arsenic the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, helium indispensable talk with greater responsibility.

How bash you spot the Left performing successful the Tamil Nadu and West Bengal elections?

In Tamil Nadu, the Left is contesting 10 seats. The VCK, a enactment that claims to beryllium adjacent to the Left, is contesting eight. The DMK-led conjugation has emerged as a beardown confederation successful Tamil Nadu with a wide governmental and ideological perspective. The DMK and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin person openly declared that the BJP should not summation immoderate foothold successful Tamil Nadu, and the coalition appears to have the edge. 

In Puducherry, the Congress played a antagonistic relation and did not let due seat-sharing. 

In Bengal, the Left is doing its utmost to revive itself, to emerge once again arsenic a unit to beryllium reckoned with, and to power the governmental people of West Bengal. 

In Assam, determination are galore analyzable issues, and the Chief Minister is peculiarly assertive connected communal lines.