THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: SNDP Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan's last warning to the Left Party that was shattered in the Lok Sabha elections is a direct testimony to his habit of saying what needs to be told in front of those who remain silent for fear of causing displeasure.

It is something that should make LDF sit and think in the background of the Lok Sabha elections, which destroyed all the strongholds of the left wing. Vellalapalli's article published in Kerala Kaumudi is a powerful reaction against the neglect towards the backward-scheduled groups, the vote bank of the Left in the state.

The article, which reminds the dire consequences that will happen if the communist parties ignore the rights of the basic people and continue to trample them, was pointed out in channel discussions and social media. This became a declaration of the purity of the intention of that article. The CPM state leadership meeting, which will meet for five days from Sunday for a philosophical review of the heavy election setback, will be the catalyst for correction.

Vellapalli's courage to openly say that the election results prove that Left Front following the UDF leadership's method of over-minority appeasement and its style of scapegoating the backwards and scheduled classes who are in majority will only lead to them losing what they already have was generally praised. There is no blind political cataract in it. Moreover, it has an answer to those who are flattering themselves that this election has left the left in a shambles. The bare truth that these flaws led to the strong entry of the BJP into Kerala politics, which had so far revolved around the UDF-LDF axis, can be seen as a warning for the UDF.

Vellappalli's attempt is not to bring down the left wing which was defeated in the elections. Instead, he is suggesting that this result is not the final word, and if they correct the mistakes and try to keep the backward sections together, they will see their votes as a fixed deposit in the coming local and legislative assembly elections.