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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Friday asserted that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities succeeded successful preventing communal clashes and preserving secular harmony successful Kerala, adjacent arsenic respective parts of the state grappled with deepening communal tensions.
He was speaking portion inaugurating the valedictory gathering of the Kerala Yatra run organised by the Kerala Muslim Jamaat, held arsenic portion of the centenary celebrations of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the largest organisation of accepted Islamic scholars successful the State. The code assumed governmental value arsenic Kerala heads towards the adjacent Assembly elections.
Mr. Vijayan said Kerala remained a peaceful haven for each communities not due to the fact that communal elements were absent, but due to the fact that the State authorities had consciously upheld secular values and resisted divisive designs. He besides recalled past instances of communal violence, portion stressing that respective Left activists had laid down their lives portion attempting to forestall specified conflicts from escalating.
He alleged that crossed the country, peculiarly nether the Centre and successful Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States, the number communities were being systematically portrayed arsenic second-class citizens and pushed to the margins of society. “For Muslims and Christians alike, beingness is becoming progressively hard successful the country. Communalism indispensable beryllium kept astatine bay without compromise. However, Kerala has presented an alternate model, with the authorities ensuring an inclusive and non-discriminatory functioning of statutory bodies specified arsenic the Haj committee, Minority Commission, and the Waqf Board,” helium said.
Mr. Vijayan besides said that the LDF authorities ne'er resorted to appeasement for governmental gains and had ever worked for the larger bully of the State without compromising connected secular principles. “While the authorities people stands with radical and groups that uphold secular values, specified individuals could look absorption and targeted campaigns by communal outfits seeking to mislead the public. Despite specified attempts, communalism tin ne'er triumph successful the agelong run. Secularism volition prevail,” helium said.
Speaking connected the occasion, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan said the clip had travel to articulation hands to antagonistic efforts aimed astatine creating societal divides.
In what appeared a thinly veiled swipe astatine the Chief Minister, the Congress person added that portion it was casual to talk eloquently connected secularism, 1 should ne'er observe those who dispersed communal venom astatine the aforesaid time.
“Some talk astir secularism publicly, punctual others to talk successful communal undertones, and past contiguous specified individuals with ponnadas and different honours later. While it is good to springiness radical rides, we indispensable beryllium cautious astir whom we fto into our vehicles. We indispensable beryllium bold capable to uphold secular values, adjacent if it costs america immoderate votes. We mightiness adjacent suffer elections, but we indispensable ne'er wantonness our committedness to secular ideals. Double standards cannot beryllium tolerated. Secularism cannot beryllium compromised, adjacent if we suffer 1 oregon galore elections,” helium said.
Sunni person Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, who spearheaded the statewide campaign, emphasised that the normal should not beryllium seen arsenic a governmental platform. He clarified that neither the organisation nor the league pursued immoderate governmental objectives. He besides warned that exploiting assemblage sentiments for electoral gains could profoundly coiled society, and added that communal divisions not lone harmed quality lives but besides hindered wide development.
Karnataka Speaker U.P. Khader, Shashi Tharoor, MP, and elder Congress person Ramesh Chennithala were among those present.
