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A steering committee gathering of the Kerala Congress(M), held successful Kottayam connected Saturday to measure the party’s electoral rout successful the Assembly polls, attributed the debacle chiefly to cross-voting by Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] cadres and the consolidation of number communities against the party.
According to KC(M) president Jose K. Mani, the outgoing Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had pushed done a flurry of improvement initiatives, but failed to springiness those achievements a “popular governmental face.”
“The gathering besides took enactment of monolithic cross-voting by CPI(M) cadres and the consolidation of minorities against the LDF arsenic cardinal factors down the electoral setback,” helium said.
Mr. Mani, however, maintained that the KC(M)’s halfway enactment basal had mostly held steadfast adjacent amidst a monolithic pro-United Democratic Front (UDF) wave. “We polled 5.25 lakh votes this clip against 6.81 lakh successful 2021, which denotes a marginal diminution of conscionable 2.2%,” pointed retired Mr. Mani.
He added that successful astir constituencies the enactment mislaid by bladed margins of nether 10,000 votes, portion successful seats specified arsenic Pala it ran the victor close. “The organisational basal of the enactment remains intact. But taking lessons from the results, we are revisiting our fundamentals and undertaking a elaborate post-mortem of the outcome,” helium added.
As portion of the exercise, the KC(M) volition convene district-level meetings connected May 15 and 16, followed by Assembly constituency- and ward-level discussions, up of a consolidated study to the enactment by May 27.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mani ruled retired immoderate anticipation of a merger with the rival faction led by P.J. Joseph oregon a displacement to the UDF. He besides described the merger invitation extended by the rival radical arsenic “completely insincere.”
Sharp exchanges
Party sources said the gathering connected Saturday saw crisp interior exchanges, with respective leaders mounting disapproval connected the KC(M) leadership, peculiarly the faction led by Roshy Augustine, which had opposed an aboriginal determination to the UDF aft the section assemblage elections successful December 2025. The governance benignant of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities besides came nether pointed disapproval during the discussions and was highlighted arsenic a cardinal crushed for the electoral rout.
A conception of leaders, meanwhile, voiced interest that the enactment could gradually suffer its cadre basal to the rival faction, which is expected to play a important relation successful the UDF authorities implicit time.
