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Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam wide caput Vellappally Natesan connected Thursday launched a scathing onslaught connected the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), alleging that the enactment was attempting to marque him arsenic anti-Muslim and communal.
Speaking to reporters astatine Kanichukulangara, adjacent Cherthala, Mr. Natesan said helium stood by his statements and asserted that raising morganatic demands for one’s assemblage did not magnitude to casteism. “Pointing retired favoritism and seeking what is owed is not casteism,” helium said, adding that helium follows the ideals of Sree Narayana Guru and harbours nary caste- oregon religion-based prejudice.
Accusing the IUML of functioning arsenic a “Malappuram-centric party,” Mr. Natesan alleged that the enactment was diverting resources and benefits mostly to Malappuram district. “The IUML is trying to task maine arsenic 1 of Kerala’s biggest communalists, though it erstwhile portrayed maine arsenic a nationalist. The radical of Kerala should cognize however and wherefore this representation was created,” helium said.
‘Only for the affluent’
Refuting allegations of communal bias, helium accused the IUML enactment of arrogance and of misusing wealth powerfulness and musculus power. He further claimed that benefits wrong the enactment were confined to affluent sections of the Muslim community.
Referring to the tenure of erstwhile Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Mr. Natesan alleged that antiauthoritarian values were undermined and that acquisition institutions were handed implicit to trusts tally by affluent Muslims adjacent to the IUML. He besides said that IUML leaders had earlier approached him for governmental practice erstwhile the enactment was retired of power, but helium had rejected the proposal, citing deficiency of trust.
Responding to questions connected the contention implicit his caller code successful Malappuram, Mr. Natesan said his disapproval was directed astatine the IUML and not astatine the Muslim community. He accused the IUML enactment of deliberately misrepresenting his remarks to represent him arsenic an extremist.
Mr. Natesan besides criticised Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran, alleging that her behaviour had contributed to the setback faced by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful the superior metropolis successful the section assemblage polls. “Arrogance and deficiency of maturity owed to gaining powerfulness astatine a young property affected the LDF,” helium said.
On BDJS stance
On governmental alignments, Mr. Natesan said the SNDP Yogam would not interfere successful the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena’s (BDJS) stance. He noted that the enactment had supported the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for implicit a decennary without gaining much. “A conception of the enactment is inclined towards the LDF. The SNDP volition not interfere, and the BDJS is escaped to instrumentality its ain decision,” helium said.
The SNDP Yogam wide caput said that LDF would clasp powerfulness for a 3rd consecutive word successful the 2026 Assembly polls.
