'Would stoop any low to stay in power'; CM Pinarayi Vijayan reiterates criticism against Sadikali Shihab Thangal

KOZHIKODE: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reiterated his criticism against Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal. Justifying his statement, Pinarayi said his criticism against Thangal was political and had no other shades. The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Kozhikode South CPM Area Committee office.

Pinarayi Vijayan:

“Congress party abetted in the demolition of Babri Masjid. At that time the League was with the Congress in the Kerala Cabinet. Despite Congress aiding the demolition, League didn’t utter a word and showed no resistance. They were afraid of losing power in the Kerala cabinet. And now, they have transformed into such a pity stage of doing any unscrupulous act to hang on to power.

The league is now providing shelter to SDPI and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. UDF propagated the by-polls to be the verdict of the government's performance. So then let us discuss Chelakkara. LDF won big while UDF’s Ramya even failed to amass the vote she got during the LS polls.

The by-polls did nothing to hurt LDF. BJP meanwhile got battered by the Palakkad result. Their vote share plummeted by a large. The by-poll results serve as an encouragement for LDF as we worked well and even increased the vote percentage in all constituencies.”