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Senior Congress person Ramesh Chennithala connected Monday (January 19, 2026) accused Kerala’s Minister for Culture Saji Cherian of “trying to ignite communal polarisation by making provocative statements” aimed astatine reaping gains successful the forthcoming Assembly elections.
He was referring to the Minister’s connection successful Alappuzha connected Sunday stating that communal polarisation was evident successful the precocious section assemblage polls arsenic seen by the names of those who had won successful the Malappuram territory panchayat and Kasaragod municipality.
Terming the connection “divisive”, Mr. Chennithala alleged that it was portion of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) “agenda to disagreement nine connected the ground of caste and religion successful bid to marque electoral gains.”
He alleged that Mr. Cherian’s connection is “a repeat” of the arguable remark made by CPI(M) person A. K. Balan claiming that the Jamaat-e-Islami would power the Home section if the United Democratic Front (UDF) is voted to powerfulness successful the Assembly election. Mr. Chennithala alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had endorsed Mr. Balan’s connection arsenic portion of the CPI(M) docket to polarise the nine connected communal lines. “We request to deliberation whether specified divisive comments are perfect for Kerala, which is progressive and secular,” helium told mediapersons successful Kochi.
Mr. Chennithala welcomed the telephone for unity made by the enactment of the Nair Service Society (NSS) and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam. He said the Congress had ever respected spiritual organisations, including NSS and SNDP. “The enactment has ever adopted an inclusive attack towards assemblage and spiritual organisations,” helium said.
Mr. Chennithala, however, refused to remark connected the verbal attacks by the enactment of the NSS and SNDP against Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan. He, however, clarified that Mr. Satheesan’s remarks connected the request to reason communalism was “a reflection of the long-standing presumption of the Congress enactment against divisive politics.”
