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Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) person and sitting MLA of Vadakara successful Kozhikode K.K. Rema is seeking re-election from the constituency arsenic a United Democratic Front (UDF)-backed candidate. Talking to The Hindu, she asserts that the voters volition cull the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities for its “anti-people” policies.
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You are contesting for the 3rd clip from Vadakara. But this is your archetypal canvass conflict aft getting elected arsenic an MLA successful 2021. What are your hopes this time?
We are getting a bully feedback from the voters. All the circumstances are conducive for a consecutive 2nd victory. The run is chiefly focussed connected the anti-incumbency feelings against the LDF government. That sentiment is intelligibly visible. The improvement works that I person undertaken successful the past 5 years volition besides person an interaction connected voters.
Are you acrophobic astir the alteration successful your symbol? It was shot successful 2021, but present you person been allotted television?
No specified worries though we person incurred immoderate fiscal losses arsenic posters with that awesome had already been printed earlier we got a caller one. However, tv was the awesome utilized by my precocious hubby T.P. Chandrasekharan erstwhile helium contested the Lok Sabha polls for the archetypal clip successful 2009. We person an affectional enslaved with the symbol. The voters person wholeheartedly accepted that symbol.
A big of erstwhile elder Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leaders are contesting nether the banner of different governmental fronts this election. Your party, the RMP, besides was launched arsenic a rebel organisation opposed to the CPI(M). How bash you presumption this situation?
We came retired of the CPI(M) successful 2008. Some radical who were with that enactment past are leaving it now. We person had to endure terrible difficulties for forming a caller governmental organisation. Many radical suffered and immoderate adjacent mislaid their jobs. The CPI(M) strategy against america was thing little than fascism. We could flooded each that and proceed our work. But, the quality present is that the fig of kulam kuthis (a connection utilized by the past CPI(M) State caput Pinarayi Vijayan to picture enactment cadre who permission the organisation ‘betraying’ its ideals) crossed the State person gone up. Mr. Vijayan doesn’t person the guts to telephone them kulam kuthis now. If helium dares to usage that connection again, the full enactment volition interruption into pieces and the cadre, who are frustrated implicit its ideological deviations and wayward methods, volition travel retired successful ample numbers. The CPI(M) has mislaid its moving people characteristics.
Did you ever effort to interaction immoderate of those dissident leaders?
Yes. People similar the erstwhile Minister G. Sudhakaran, who had been with the CPI(M) for astir six decades, person deserted it. In Payyannur, the funds collected successful the sanction of a martyr has been diverted. The CPI(M) is yet to respond to the allegations levelled by erstwhile enactment person V. Kunhikrishnan, who is the UDF campaigner from the constituency now. The RMP enactment has spoken to immoderate of those people. We are getting into discussions connected forming a wide Left platform. The CPI(M)’s information successful Kerala is going to beryllium worse than successful West Bengal.
