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All India Congress Committee (AICC) wide caput and MP K.C. Venugopal connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) alleged that the contention implicit Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar omitting portions of the argumentation address, aboriginal work retired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was an electoral theatrics staged jointly by the Governor and the Chief Minister.
Speaking to the media successful Kannur, Mr. Venugopal said the occurrence appeared to beryllium a scripted enactment successful which abstraction was deliberately created for the Governor to delete portions, portion simultaneously giving the Chief Minister an accidental to respond theatrically.
He asked wherefore specified omissions were ne'er highlighted earlier if the Governor had the practise of striking retired portions of the address. Recalling the tenure of erstwhile Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, helium said the Chief Minister and his colleagues had remained soundless adjacent erstwhile important deletions were made successful argumentation addresses successful the past.
Criticising Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian caller connection that communal polarisation was evident successful the precocious section assemblage polls arsenic seen by the names of those who had won successful the Malappuram territory panchayat and Kasaragod municipality, Mr. Venugopal described his remarks arsenic “deplorable” and detrimental to Kerala’s societal fabric.
“If the Chief Minister had immoderate integrity, helium should region the Minister,” Mr. Vengopal demanded.
He said the close to ballot was an essence of democracy. Kerala’s electorate, helium said, did not ballot on spiritual oregon communal lines, pointing retired that candidates from antithetic communities had won successful constituencies with contrasting demographic profiles, including himself successful the Lok Sabha elections.
On the Sabarimala golden theft case, Mr. Venugopal alleged that the hold successful filing the chargesheet was a deliberate effort by the SIT to dilatory down the investigation, which could pb to accused Unnikrishnan Potti securing statutory bail. This, helium said, was grounds of authorities pressure.
He maintained that the government, which allegedly facilitated the Sabarimala golden theft, had nary motivation close to proceed successful powerfulness and that the existent culprits were inactive astatine large. Forensic examinations, helium claimed, had confirmed the nonaccomplishment of gold.
While stating that the Congress was not opposed to an Enforcement Directorate probe, Mr. Venugopal said lone a court-monitored probe would guarantee that the existent accused were brought to light. The Opposition, helium said, was demanding a Central bureau probe nether judicial supervision, with each examinations astatine Sabarimala conducted strictly arsenic per tribunal directions.
Rejecting allegations of communal bias, Mr. Venugopal said the Congress did not align with immoderate signifier of sectarianism and that secularism flowed successful the party’s vein.
The Congress, helium said, carried each sections of nine unneurotic and remained an inclusive enactment engaging with forward, backward and number communities alike knowing their concerns portion firmly articulating its ain positions.
Fostering hatred among communities was not the Congress way, helium added, asserting that the enactment believed successful spreading emotion alternatively than hatred and would ne'er enactment attempts to beforehand divisive politics.
