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Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener T.P. Ramakrishnan believes the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities volition get different word successful bureau based connected its improvement way grounds and societal information schemes. The erstwhile Minister, who is seeking a 3rd consecutive word from Perambra successful Kozhikode, spoke to The Hindu astir the LDF’s chances successful the Assembly polls.
How bash you presumption the prospects of the LDF successful the elections?
The LDF volition surely clasp powerfulness successful Kerala. The authorities has been capable to instrumentality galore improvement projects successful the past 10 years. The concern clime successful the State has improved and concern assemblage has got a boost. When it comes to societal payment schemes, Kerala is simply a relation exemplary for different States. Our predetermination manifesto is simply a seeking a mandate to proceed this work. We person already eliminated utmost poorness and the adjacent absorption is connected eradicating implicit poverty. To bash that, the income successful homes should beryllium increased. Fifty per cent of women request to get jobs. Kudumbashree units should beryllium strengthened for the purpose. The Knowledge Economy Mission volition instrumentality applicable steps successful this direction.
A large portion of the campaigning is already over. What are the challenges you person had to overcome?
There are nary specified large challenges arsenic such. However, immoderate of the campaigning tactics of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are aimed astatine dividing people. Lies are being dispersed to mislead radical and make discord among them. We are against specified strategies. During the campaigning successful my constituency successful Perambra, we person been focussing connected improvement and societal payment and upholding secularism and communal harmony. But, adjacent that is being misinterpreted and caller allegations are levelled to make differences of sentiment among the people.
The LDF suffered large reverses successful the section assemblage polls and among the reasons cited were the anti-incumbency feelings against the authorities and a consolidation of number votes. Have you been capable to code them?
They cannot beryllium called the existent reasons for the setback we faced successful the section assemblage polls. It is existent that we did not get the expected electoral outcome. If the results were a referendum connected the improvement works the authorities had taken up, it should person happened successful a antithetic way. However, we did not prosecute a PR bureau to measure the results. We went straight to the radical and sought their views. I personally visited astatine slightest 100-150 houses. There was not adjacent a hint of anti-incumbency. Meanwhile, determination were section disputes and criticisms related to our engagement successful issues. Thereafter, we took corrective steps. People person understood our intentions and it should bespeak successful the upcoming polls.
The perceived antagonism of the minorities is portion of a propaganda. Some media outlets are giving it undue sum and baseless allegations are being circulated. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the LDF person stood with the minorities and the backward classes. We person implemented galore projects for their payment volition proceed to bash so. If the minorities person immoderate differences of sentiment oregon misunderstandings, they tin beryllium sorted retired done talks.
A ailment has been lodged by the UDF against your run squad successful Perambra successful Kozhikode. It has been alleged that nationalist announcements with communal overtones were made against your UDF hostile Fathima Thahiliya?
We person ne'er indulged successful immoderate communal campaign. My run activities are each recorded. We volition analyse if determination is immoderate determination has deviated from our principled governmental presumption oregon if determination has been immoderate effort to dispersed fake quality oregon mendacious announcements. We volition instrumentality a basal accordingly. The run strategies of the UDF, particularly connected societal media, should besides beryllium monitored. They are trying to divert attraction from the existent issues.
