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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Tuesday said determination is nary anti-incumbency sentiments successful Kerala and that the electorate continued to favour the Left Democratic Front (LDF) contempt the abbreviated run period, which is simply a important setback for the Opposition.
Addressing the media astatine the “Meet the leader: Janavedi 2026” programme organised by the Kannur Press Club, Mr. Vijayan said the authorities has delivered connected 97% of the promises made successful the 2021 Assembly elections. He reiterated that the “comprehensive Navakeralam development“ would stay the cardinal taxable of the LDF’s campaign, projecting continuity successful governance arsenic a cardinal plank.
He said that implicit the past decade, the authorities has managed to onslaught a equilibrium betwixt improvement and welfare, a operation helium termed important to Kerala’s progress.
This trajectory indispensable continue, helium noted, adding that the State has importantly accrued its stock successful improvement and payment expenditure to 75%, portion the Centre’s publication has declined to 25%. The Chief Minister utilized this to underline what helium described arsenic the State’s increasing fiscal work successful sustaining nationalist programmes.
‘Consistent support’
Calling for continued nationalist backing, helium stressed that development, stability, and societal justness necessitate accordant governmental support. He besides claimed that adjacent individuals aligned with different governmental fronts privately recognised the value of sustaining specified a governance model.
Turning to the Opposition, Mr. Vijayan alleged that corruption remains a defining diagnostic of the United Democratic Front (UDF), irrespective of whether it is successful powerfulness oregon not. Responding to disapproval implicit not straight naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful his speeches, helium dismissed allegations raised by Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arsenic “baseless and absurd.” He further accused the Congress of failing to reason policies of the Centre that were detrimental to Kerala and of adopting positions connected labour issues wrong the State that, successful effect, benefited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On the delicate Sabarimala issue, the Chief Minister said the authorities would proceed with its earlier stance, which was formulated aft consultation with stakeholders, including spiritual authorities. He maintained that matters relating to rituals and traditions necessitate a consultative attack alternatively than unilateral decisions.
Dismissing the allegations of a Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-BJP knowing arsenic “political bankruptcy” connected the portion of the Congress, Mr. Vijayan argued that astir 30% of the BJP leaders person their origins successful the Congress. He besides alleged that historically the Congress-Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) alliancehad worked to decision the CPI(M) leaders andquestioned the destiny of 85,000 Congress votes successful Thrissur during the past Lok Sabha polls, implying tactical shifts that aided rivals.
Reacting to remarks by erstwhile CPI(M) person G. Sudhakaran against enactment cardinal committee subordinate C.S. Sujatha, the Chief Minister described specified statements arsenic indicative of governmental degeneration. He termed the comments against Ms. Sujatha condemnable and alleged that leaders who moved to rival camps often marque provocative statements to ingratiate themselves with their caller governmental allies.
In the Payyannur money controversy, helium criticised V. Kunhikrishnan, linking his stance to that of Mr. Sudhakaran. On the Congress money issues successful Wayanad, Mr. Vijayan said that nether the existing licence lone 1 location could beryllium constructed, accusing the Congress of misleading the nationalist and deceiving catastrophe victims erstwhile again.
On reports of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) support, the Chief Minister reiterated that the LDF opposed each forms of communalism.
Responding to the BJP’s claims of reopening its relationship successful the Assembly elections, helium asserted that the enactment would neglect to triumph adjacent a azygous seat.
