Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: FCRA amendment is an attack on minorities, says Kharge

All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge has labelled the projected amendment of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) arsenic an “attack against minorities.” Addressing a United Democratic Front (UDF) predetermination run astatine Elappara successful Idukki connected Sunday, Mr. Kharge alleged that the amendment is not simply a ineligible alteration but a targeted strike.

“The FCRA amendment is not conscionable astir the public; it targets the Christian community. Just arsenic the Waqf Bill affects the Muslim community, the FCRA amendment volition interaction the Christian assemblage astatine the aforesaid level,” said the Congress president.

Following successful the footsteps of Rahul Gandhi, Mr. Kharge raised the Sabarimala golden theft case, asserting that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities remains “under the shadow” of the scandal. He further alleged a “mutual understanding” betwixt the LDF and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are pursuing the aforesaid administrative model.

Referring to the ongoing situation successful the beverage plantation assemblage successful Peerumade, Mr. Kharge accused the LDF authorities of forgetting promises made to workers. He besides addressed the escalating human-wildlife struggle successful the territory and promised that a UDF authorities would instrumentality “effective steps” to forestall attacks and guarantee timely compensation for victims.

He further said that the UDF would prioritise the organisation of rubric deeds to each eligible residents successful the district, calling it a “serious concern.”

“Kerala is simply a progressive State, but I present fearfulness it is moving backwards,” Mr. Kharge remarked. “For the past 10 years, the LDF authorities made galore promises but failed to fulfil immoderate of them,” helium said.

AICC wide caput Deepa Dasmunshi, person P. Mohan, Telangana Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka), Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose, Kottayam MP K. Francis George and Peerumade constituency UDF campaigner Cyriac Thomas, among others, attended the meeting.

Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) intensified its run with a monolithic roadshow successful Munnar for Devikulam constituency campaigner S. Rajendran. Led by erstwhile Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai, the march moved from Old Munnar to Market Junction.

The Devikulam constituency is presently witnessing a high-stakes triangular combat pursuing the introduction of S. Rajendran—a three-time erstwhile Communist Party of India(Marxist) [CPI(M)] MLA—into the canvass script arsenic the NDA candidate.