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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condemned the United Democratic Front (UDF) for making “misogynistic and defamatory” statements against Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] person and Left Democratic Front (LDF) campaigner successful Kayamkulam Assembly constituency, U. Prathibha.
In a connection connected Wednesday, Mr. Vijayan said the UDF’s “vicious effort to quality assassinate Ms. Prathibha reflected the coalition’s societal and governmental degeneration.” He said the UDF had backslidden into “personally attacking opponents and their families” due to the fact that it could not antagonistic the LDF politically. Moreover, the UDF had nary credible docket to contiguous to voters, helium said.
Mr. Vijayan said “Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, who swears by women’s rights and sex equality, sided with predators, not the prey.”
Mr. Vijayan said the UDF’s onslaught connected Ms. Prathibha was “an onslaught connected women.” He said the UDF appeared to beryllium dominated by persons “unwilling to judge women arsenic humans with distinctive personalities, dignity, close to beingness and self-respect.”
The contention centred connected UDF convenor (Alappuzha) A. Irshad whose code astatine an predetermination normal for the Congress campaigner M. Liju successful Kayamkulam connected Wednesday sparked controversy.
Mr. Irshad attempted to gully a examination betwixt Mr. Liju’s “probity successful idiosyncratic and nationalist life” and Ms. Prathiba’s “dubious quality and conduct” arsenic a legislator and politician.
Mr. Irshad drew flak connected societal and accepted media for comments wide deemed slander and brazen quality assassination of a pistillate holding nationalist office. Mr. Irshad besides spotlighted a now-withdrawn narcotic lawsuit (2025) against Ms. Prathibha’s son.
Neither the UDF nor the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), of which Mr. Irshad is simply a member, person issued immoderate clarification successful the matter.
On Tuesday, Mr. Vijayan had accused Mr. Satheesan and the latter’s loyalists of providing governmental screen to the expelled Congress legislator from Palakkad, Rahul Mamkootathil, who is facing aggregate charges of rape. Mr. Satheesan had countered that Mr. Vijayan’s “feminist outlook was lone connected paper” and the CPI(M) shielded intersexual predators portion the Congress expelled them forthrightly.
