The 77-year-old two time former Congress Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy is assured that the electoral historical past of Kerala will stay intact as in each election, the opposition returns to energy. Counting of votes will start at 8 am on Sunday for the 140-member Kerala Assembly.
The veteran chief was at his residence right here after coming back from Kannur, the place he went to attend the funeral of VV Prakash, his junior social gathering colleague and the social gathering’s candidate on the Nilambur meeting constituency, who handed away after struggling a cardiac arrest, two days again.
In a chat with IANS, Chandy mentioned, the Congress social gathering doesn’t give a lot significance to the quite a few exit polls, which have all mentioned that Pinarayi Vijayan will create historical past by turning into the primary to retain energy.
“Neither my social gathering, nor me subscribe to these exit polls because it has not come proper right here,” said Chandy and put forward his rationale on why he and his party is confident, that they will return to power.
“One major reason why we feel, Vijayan will not come back is, there is a feeling among a good section of the party, for the best interest of their party, Vijayan has to lose, as he has turned into an autocrat. Then came the manner in which 33 sitting CPI-M legislators were not given the nod to contest. From our side, it’s the first time that we fielded new faces in more than half of the constituencies. These are all factors why we are confident, we will return,” mentioned Chandy.
Chandy additionally identified that there are alleged stories of a secret tie up between the BJP and the CPI-M, because the BJP’s enemy is the Congress social gathering.
“The BJP’s recreation plan is that if they’ve to make any floor in Kerala, they’ve to end off Congress and the key pact was for this. But it seems that the RSS was not eager on this pact. Even the slowing down of the probe by the assorted central companies in the gold smuggling and comparable instances is as a result of of this pact as all is aware of that if sturdy motion is taken in the instances, the direct beneficiary could be the Congress social gathering,” added Chandy.
Chandy said on Saturday he will go to his home constituency Puthupally in Kottayam where he is seeking his 12th successive win, a seat which has returned him since his debut election in 1970.
And when asked when he will be back, he said, “I will return here on Sunday night as discussions will have to begin from Monday.”
Discussions imply, Chandy is one of the highest contenders for the publish of the Chief Minister, although he’ll see a powerful problem by Ramesh Chennithala- Leader of Opposition, as in the previous all former opposition leaders from the Congress has gone on to turn into the Chief Minister.
“I’ve not utilized my thoughts to such issues. The regular observe is it’s the AICC which takes the ultimate name. So first allow us to watch for the outcomes,” said Chandy.
Chandy’s health continues to be in the recovery mode after turning Covid negative, last month, but all knows the energy levels of not just Chandy, any politician will rise instantly, when power returns.
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