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The United Democratic Front (UDF) volition travel to powerfulness with astir 100 seats arsenic the radical of Kerala are “eager for a governmental change”, elder Congress person Ramesh Chennithala has said.
Addressing the media astatine Aluva connected Friday, Mr. Chennithala said the Chief Minister’s “anxiety implicit an impending electoral setback was the crushed down the blatant misuse of authorities machinery and officials for the projected Nava Kerala survey.”
“KIIFB has acceptable speech ₹150 crore conscionable for publicity. Is it KIIFB’s occupation to advertise? No magnitude of whitewashing volition assistance the government,” Mr. Chennithala said.
He alleged that the Chief Secretary and different elder officials were contiguous astatine a gathering convened by the Chief Minister to sermon the survey. “At a clip erstwhile elections are approaching, utilizing funds from the State exchequer to behaviour specified a survey by deploying DYFI workers is undemocratic. Under the guise of the Nava Kerala survey, the authorities is readying door-to-door ballot canvassing,” helium said.
Mr. Chennithala warned that “governments whitethorn change, but officials who amusement specified blatant bias volition beryllium answerable later.”
“We volition attack the Election Commission against conducting elections involving these aforesaid officials. My connection to the officials is simple: bash not go scapegoats successful this game,” helium said.
Mr. Chennithala said that mediocre radical cannot beryllium connected aesculapian assemblage hospitals and authorities hospitals. “People who spell successful for attraction instrumentality dead. The (Health) Minister says the strategy is faulty. But isn’t the Minister determination to hole the system?” helium asked, referring to an incidental successful which surgical forceps were allegedly near wrong a woman’s abdomen during surgery.
‘Mani Shankar Aiyar an outdated figure’
Mr. Chennithala dismissed seasoned Congress person and erstwhile Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar arsenic “an outdated fig disposable for prosecute to accidental immoderate those who telephone him privation him to say.”
He added that portion persons specified arsenic CPI(M) person P.K. Sasi and A. Suresh (former idiosyncratic adjunct to the precocious communist person V.S. Achuthanandan) would beryllium “welcome” if they chose to articulation the Congress, “no determination has been taken” astir allotting them seats successful the Assembly election.
He besides made it wide that nary consultation was held with the Opposition regarding the hold of barroom timings successful Kerala. “On 1 hand, the authorities claims to trim intoxicant availability and speaks of de-addiction, portion connected the other, it extends barroom hours,” helium said.
Mr. Chennithala condemned the upcoming movie The Kerala Story 2 arsenic “an effort to insult” Kerala. “The issues raised person thing to bash with Kerala. This is simply a onshore of communal harmony and secularism. A lobby is moving down the movie to make hatred and division,” helium alleged.
He besides announced that Rahul Gandhi volition sojourn Kerala connected February 26 to laic the instauration chromatic for the party’s lodging task for victims of the Wayanad landslides. “We volition support our promise. The authorities refused to supply land, truthful we purchased it ourselves,” Mr. Chennithala said.
