Thiruvananthapuram, The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Monday defended veteran party leader and LDF convenor EP Jayarajan and said there was nothing wrong in his meeting with senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.
The party said it is quite common for political leaders to meet counterparts from other parties.
However, the Left party made it clear that Jayarajan has been instructed to end his relationship with persons like TG Nandakumar, who had allegedly played the role of middleman by facilitating his alleged meeting with Javadekar, who is in charge are also. BJP in the state. Addressing a press conference at the AKG Center here, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said some 'yellow journalism' was suggesting that just one meeting with a BJP leader would lead to a collapse of the workers' party. Will get trapped in right wing politics, but left parties have done this. A different history in Kerala.
He said Jayarajan himself had confirmed this meeting, which took place a year ago."Now this is being discussed as a big issue," Govindan said while answering several questions from the media. The whole matter was the result of a big conspiracy by someone who had extreme hatred towards communists and Jayarajan was one of them. Will take legal action against people who are propagating blatant lies regarding this meeting.
Govindan further said that the party would support Jayarajan in his legal battle.
"However, the party has taken the stand that the party cadre's relationship with individuals like Nandakumar should end," he said. Analyzing the recently held Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the CPI(M) leader said that the Left Will win most of the Parliament seats in the state."Almost all LDF voters have come to polling booths and low turnout has been seen in Congress-led UDF stronghold areas. So the decline in voting percentage is going to adversely impact the UDF," he said.
Govindan said the BJP is becoming weaker with each passing phase of the general elections and people have completely rejected 'Modi's guarantee'. Lok Sabha elections are held in seven phases and two phases including 20 seats in Kerala Have been completed.
The CPI(M) state secretary accused the Congress of forging an alliance with the BJP to weaken the Left in Kerala.Govindan alleged that the grand old party was supposed to be a secular force to fight the communal agenda of the BJP, but it has stooped to the level of communally polarizing people in Kerala, especially in constituencies like Vadakara. He Said that instead of contesting the elections politically, the UDF launched a personal hate campaign against LDF candidate K Shailaja in Vadakara.
He also accused BJP leaders of repeating the PM's communal agenda, saying some leaders were telling white lies in Kerala in an attempt to legitimize Modi's speeches.
Earlier in the day, Jayarajan tried to play down the controversy over his meeting with Javadekar, saying it was not political, which is why he did not inform his party about it. He also rejected Lok Sabha candidate Shobha Surendran's claim that he had expressed his desire to join the saffron party and reiterated that he had never met him before or discussed it even over the phone.The CPI(M) leader said he did not like Surendran and described the woman leader's speeches as "strange".
"Is there a need to inform the party about all the people who met me? Was there any political discussion? One person just came and met me. Should I inform the party about it?" he asked. The CPI(M) stalwart also said there was nothing unusual for people to meet senior leaders, and there was no need to report everything to the party.
Asked if he was being targeted, the leader said he suspected there was some agenda behind the developments.He also wanted the media to investigate the Ragin case impartially. Nandakumar also rejected Shobha Surendran's allegations against the CPI(M) leader.
He told the media, "The claims made by Shobha Surendran against EP Jayarajan were baseless. She never met him... She had no role in the meeting between Jayarajan and Javadekar."
He further claimed that Jayarajan neither visited New Delhi nor Dubai in connection with the meeting, as claimed by Surendran.The allegations leveled by political opponents about Jayarajan's alleged plans to join the BJP sent shockwaves through the ruling Left party.
The controversy took a new dimension after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan warned Jayarajan to be cautious in his unions on the day of the Lok Sabha elections. Shobha Surendran had recently dropped a bomb that a middleman had linked to a top CPI(M) leader. Who wanted to join the BJP, and claimed on the eve of the elections that the leader was EP Jayarajan.
The party said it is quite common for political leaders to meet counterparts from other parties.
However, the Left party made it clear that Jayarajan has been instructed to end his relationship with persons like TG Nandakumar, who had allegedly played the role of middleman by facilitating his alleged meeting with Javadekar, who is in charge are also. BJP in the state. Addressing a press conference at the AKG Center here, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan said some 'yellow journalism' was suggesting that just one meeting with a BJP leader would lead to a collapse of the workers' party. Will get trapped in right wing politics, but left parties have done this. A different history in Kerala.
He said Jayarajan himself had confirmed this meeting, which took place a year ago."Now this is being discussed as a big issue," Govindan said while answering several questions from the media. The whole matter was the result of a big conspiracy by someone who had extreme hatred towards communists and Jayarajan was one of them. Will take legal action against people who are propagating blatant lies regarding this meeting.
Govindan further said that the party would support Jayarajan in his legal battle.
"However, the party has taken the stand that the party cadre's relationship with individuals like Nandakumar should end," he said. Analyzing the recently held Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the CPI(M) leader said that the Left Will win most of the Parliament seats in the state."Almost all LDF voters have come to polling booths and low turnout has been seen in Congress-led UDF stronghold areas. So the decline in voting percentage is going to adversely impact the UDF," he said.
Govindan said the BJP is becoming weaker with each passing phase of the general elections and people have completely rejected 'Modi's guarantee'. Lok Sabha elections are held in seven phases and two phases including 20 seats in Kerala Have been completed.
The CPI(M) state secretary accused the Congress of forging an alliance with the BJP to weaken the Left in Kerala.Govindan alleged that the grand old party was supposed to be a secular force to fight the communal agenda of the BJP, but it has stooped to the level of communally polarizing people in Kerala, especially in constituencies like Vadakara. He Said that instead of contesting the elections politically, the UDF launched a personal hate campaign against LDF candidate K Shailaja in Vadakara.
He also accused BJP leaders of repeating the PM's communal agenda, saying some leaders were telling white lies in Kerala in an attempt to legitimize Modi's speeches.
Earlier in the day, Jayarajan tried to play down the controversy over his meeting with Javadekar, saying it was not political, which is why he did not inform his party about it. He also rejected Lok Sabha candidate Shobha Surendran's claim that he had expressed his desire to join the saffron party and reiterated that he had never met him before or discussed it even over the phone.The CPI(M) leader said he did not like Surendran and described the woman leader's speeches as "strange".
"Is there a need to inform the party about all the people who met me? Was there any political discussion? One person just came and met me. Should I inform the party about it?" he asked. The CPI(M) stalwart also said there was nothing unusual for people to meet senior leaders, and there was no need to report everything to the party.
Asked if he was being targeted, the leader said he suspected there was some agenda behind the developments.He also wanted the media to investigate the Ragin case impartially. Nandakumar also rejected Shobha Surendran's allegations against the CPI(M) leader.
He told the media, "The claims made by Shobha Surendran against EP Jayarajan were baseless. She never met him... She had no role in the meeting between Jayarajan and Javadekar."
He further claimed that Jayarajan neither visited New Delhi nor Dubai in connection with the meeting, as claimed by Surendran.The allegations leveled by political opponents about Jayarajan's alleged plans to join the BJP sent shockwaves through the ruling Left party.
The controversy took a new dimension after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan warned Jayarajan to be cautious in his unions on the day of the Lok Sabha elections. Shobha Surendran had recently dropped a bomb that a middleman had linked to a top CPI(M) leader. Who wanted to join the BJP, and claimed on the eve of the elections that the leader was EP Jayarajan.
