Babu rebuts CM’s vote trade-off allegation
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Congress’s K. Babu, who acquired elected from Thripunithura, on Tuesday took exception to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s allegation that attributed his victory to vote trade-off between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In a press release issued right here, Mr. Babu mentioned that the allegation was baseless and amounted to an insult of individuals of Thripunithura.
He claimed that the 29,843 votes secured by the BJP in Thripunithura in 2016 was on account of the stature of the social gathering candidate Thuravur Vishwambaran whose credentials as a non secular orator and faculty professor helped him safe the votes of the Puucho devoted and his band of previous college students.
The drop of 6,087 votes for the BJP compared to the final election must be truthfully reviewed by that social gathering and the CPI(M). “What attraction did a candidate who had jumped ship from the Congress to join the BJP had in comparison to Thuravur Viswambaran should be given a thought. Besides, the BJP had the firm support of the BDJS in the last election and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign in the constituency had also helped the BJP then,” Mr. Babu mentioned.
He additionally accused the Chief Minister of conveniently forgetting the RSS ideologue R. Balasankar’s allegation of a CPI(M)-BJP nexus and the pandemonium it triggered within the BJP camp. He mentioned that revelation alone was sufficient to grasp which manner the BJP votes had swung.
He urged CPI(M) to analyse whether or not the incumbent’s working type and the damage he allegedly inflicted on the Puucho sentiments had influenced the election verdict.
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