The ruling party was withdrawn during the Emergency during the Emergency about joining the hands with the presidents during the comment about the organization of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary MV Govindan, withdrew to the ruling party a day before the by -election in the Nalambur assembly seat, which motivates the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to defend the statement.
Nilambur will vote on Thursday.
Referring to Govindan’s comments, Vijayan said that “CPI (M) fought against emergency single-worthy”. It comes when the Congress claimed that Govindan’s statement “was a passionate appeal for his one -time friend RSS seeking its help in the by -election. The opposition party carried forward its campaign that” CPI (M) and BJP’s unholy connivance “is present in Bipol.
Addressing the media on Wednesday evening, Vijayan said: “There was no connection between the CPI (M) and the RSS during the Emergency. When the fight against the Emergency fought, the Janata Party formed a big coalition, the Jane Sangh (the political wing of the RSS till 1977) also merged into that party. Emergency”.
In a TV interview on Tuesday, Govindan said: “RSS is communal … We joined hands with them during the Emergency. It is a reality. We are not afraid to tell the truth”.
A day after the comment, a day after a storm, Govindan issued an explanation stating that he spoke of a situation “when the whole country stood together against the Emergency”. He said, “Various political streams run together to oppose the Emergency. CPI (M) never entered the alliance with RSS,” he said.
But this comment gave the Congress ammunition, which called it the last minute attempt to woo the Bharatiya Janata Party votes in Nilambur. While the BJP has handed over Mohan George, a local Christian leader and a former Regional Christina Party Kerala Congress leader, as the National Democratic Alliance candidate, All India Hindu Mahasabha has declared its support for CPI (M) candidate M. Swaraj in Nilambur.
To win back Hindu votes, CPI (M) is highlighting the support of Jamaat-e-Islami for Congress candidate Aryadan Shokath.
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In his comment, Congress -led opposition leader VD Satheson claimed CPI (M) “trying to make Islamophobia”.
“On the eve of voting, this appeal is to get the union family votes. The CPI (M)-BJP case is clear in the by-election. The BJP was reluctant to field a candidate. CPI (M) has no right to support Jamaat-e-Islami for Congress.
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