Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the Sabarimala gold loss downside didn’t delight in a serious affect on the LDF within the unique local body elections, despite sustained campaigning by the Congress and the BJP across the sensitive temple matter.
Talking at a press convention here, Vijayan said the election results were not fully in step with the LDF’s expectations and that corrective steps would possibly possibly possibly be taken. Alternatively, he rejected the divulge that the Sabarimala controversy had long gone in opposition to the Left.
“The people assessed the issue in a mature way,” the executive minister said, adding that the confirmed voters were not swayed by what he described as astronomical-scale propaganda.
Vijayan said both the Congress and the BJP tried to expose Sabarimala accurate into a serious election downside. Despite this, the authorities acted firmly on complaints related to fraud and irregularities, he said.
The advise supported the Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) appointed by the High Court, and the probe used to be performed effectively.
“When the SIT was formed, the Congress demanded that the case be handed over to the CBI. But the SIT did its job properly,” Vijayan said.
Pointing to election results, the CM said the BJP lost vitality within the Pandalam municipality, which must were straight affected if the Sabarimala downside had worked in opposition to the LDF.
“If Sabarimala was against us, there should have been a clear setback there,” he said.
He said the LDF additionally recorded positive aspects in Kodungallur municipality, exhibiting that the controversy didn’t vastly have an effect on voter behaviour.
Vijayan said the defeat within the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation took place below special political circumstances. He alleged that the UDF and the BJP worked together at the local stage to defeat the LDF.
“Even then, the LDF effectively countered the BJP,” he claimed.
He additionally addressed criticism over an incident piquant SNDP Yogam usual secretary Vellappally Natesan, generally criticised by the Muslim League for making communal remarks, pronouncing it used to be adversarial to painting him entering accurate into a automobile throughout a programme at Pampa throughout global Ayyappa conclave a severe offence.
“That was not a crime,” Vijayan said, while making it sure that the authorities does not endorse any remarks made in opposition to minority communities.
Vijayan said group leaders are free to particular their views and that Natesan himself has already provided explanations for his statements.
The CM said the LDF would carefully overview the election results and affect corrections where well-known, but pressured out that the Sabarimala downside didn’t weaken the Left’s political standing within the advise.
