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“The BJP will not gain ground anywhere in Kerala. Even if the BJP and CPI(M) collaborate, the UDF candidate will win in Thrissur. They will not even secure second place,” he stated | (PTI Photo)
As the marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls intensified, Congress chief and Leader of the Opposition within the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Monday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of making an attempt to create “a space” for the BJP within the southern state.
Speaking to reporters in Attingal close to right here, Satheesan additionally asserted that the saffron social gathering wouldn’t safe a foothold within the state through the Lok Sabha polls.
Referring to LDF convener E P Jayarajan’s earlier assertion that the BJP would come second in lots of constituencies in Kerala and that many candidates of the saffron social gathering have been good, Satheesan stated what the CPI(M) chief said was not echoed by BJP state chief Okay Surendran or his social gathering.
He alleged that Vijayan was influencing Jayarajan, “a poor man,” to make such statements to “appease the BJP” on the Centre.
Vijayan, who’s apprehensive about investigations in varied instances, “is trying to create space for the BJP,” he alleged.
Neither the CPI(M) nor the chief minister have responded to those contemporary allegations.
Speaking in regards to the triangular contest taking place within the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat, Satheesan claimed that the UDF candidate would emerge victorious within the central Kerala seat.
“The BJP will not gain ground anywhere in Kerala. Even if the BJP and CPI(M) collaborate, the UDF candidate will win in Thrissur. They will not even secure second place,” he stated.
Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi, representing the BJP, senior Congress chief and sitting MP from Vatakara, Okay Muraleedharan, and former minister and CPI chief V S Sunil Kumar are the candidates within the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress chief reiterated his accusations concerning Jayarajan’s enterprise connections with BJP’s Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha election candidate and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a declare vehemently denied by each leaders.
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First Published: Mar 18 2024 | 2:47 PM IST
