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A two-day CPI(M) Pathanamthitta territory committee gathering that concluded connected Sunday saw a conception of enactment workers sharply criticise the Global Ayyappa Meet, calling it arsenic a large governmental misstep.
Participants said the event, projected arsenic a flagship inaugural of the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities and held soon aft the Sabarimala golden smuggling contention came to light, had politically backfired. What was intended arsenic a antagonistic to allegations against the LDF authorities implicit the medication of Sabarimala, they observed, ended up deepening the governmental harm and contributing to the party’s electoral setback successful the district.
Strong interest was besides raised implicit the leadership’s hold successful initiating enactment against erstwhile Travancore Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar, an accused successful the golden smuggling case. The State leadership’s presumption that enactment could beryllium taken lone aft a chargesheet was filed, delegates noted, failed to person some enactment workers and the public.
Members further argued that the determination to organise a programme centred astir spiritual sentiment sat uneasily with the Left’s governmental positioning, and that the enactment was incapable to efficaciously support the move. Adding to the disapproval was the perceived optics of the event, with delegates flagging the extended usage of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s images alternatively than a absorption connected Lord Ayyappa, arsenic good arsenic the inclusion of greetings from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath— developments they said created adverse governmental messaging.
Kerala Congress (M), an state of the CPI(M), excessively had observed earlier that the hold successful enactment against Padmakumar was a cardinal origin successful the decision of its candidate, Pramod Narayan, successful Ranni constituency.
