Kerala Congress (M) blames minority backlash for election defeat

A Kerala Congress (M) territory committee gathering convened to analyse the party’s caller Assembly predetermination debacle concluded that backlash from number communities led to the dense decision of the KC(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Inaugurating the meeting, the KC(M) president noted that portion the LDF authorities had actively intervened successful cardinal issues — including the Munambam onshore dispute, ration paper distributions, payment pensions for nuns, and the assignment of differently-abled teachers — these achievements failed to summation traction during the predetermination campaign.

According to enactment sources, territory committee members were highly captious of erstwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. They alleged that his nationalist behaviour and the ubiquitous beingness of his billboards crossed the State further fueled the LDF’s electoral decline.

“The gathering highlighted that the Catholic Church took a highly antagonistic stance against the LDF and the KC(M), which straight reflected successful the miserable decision of KC(M) candidates successful Christian-dominated belts,” a elder enactment person said. “Despite the LDF and KC(M) extending afloat enactment to the Catholic Church during their tenure, the Church did not reciprocate. We fishy a coordinated determination by the Catholic Church against the KC(M) successful this election.” Said the leader.

The person expressed daze implicit the results successful Idukki, noting that Roshy Augustine had been an accessible fig for each communities implicit the past 25 years and had often intervened successful matters concerning the Catholic Church. “Despite Idukki being a Christian-majority constituency, Mr. Augustine suffered a pathetic defeat. It came arsenic a full daze to us,” the person added.

Committee members observed that the LDF authorities had taken important steps to resoluteness section grievances, specified arsenic issuing rubric deeds for store sites, passing the Land Assignment (Amendment) Act, and addressing human-wildlife conflicts. However, these initiatives failed to construe into votes.

Moving forward, the enactment resolved to fortify its grassroots organisational enactment and behaviour a localised reappraisal of the KC(M)’s decision successful the Idukki constituency.

Mr. Augustine and KC(M) territory president Jose Palathinal were among those who attended the meeting.