V.D. Satheesan says UDF not perturbed by NSS assist for LDFs Sabarimala coverage

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan stated the Nair Service Society (NSS) common secretary, G. Sukumaran Nair’s, “reaffirmation” of the influential social organisation’s “unflinching assist” for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities’s coverage regarding safety of Sabarimala temple customs, pilgrim welfare and the hill-shrine’s growth didn’t perturb the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) within the least.

Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. Satheesan dismissed the query of whether or not the UDF would “mend fences” with the NSS, given the organisation’s “newfound affinity” in direction of the LDF in an important election 12 months. Mr. Satheesan stated the query was irrelevant because the UDF had no fall out with the NSS.

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“The NSS reserves the best to formulate its personal issue-based method. The SNDP Yogam additionally attended the Government-sponsored Global Ayyappa Sanghamam. Some different organisations, notably the Kerala Brahmana Sabha and the Kerala Yoga Kshema Sabha, stayed away. Social organisations have the liberty to calibrate their coverage. “The UDF has not complained or sought to seek out fault with them,” he added.

Mr. Satheesan reiterated his earlier stance that the UDF’s non-cooperation with the Sanghamam was a “political resolution set in stone.”

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“The UDF has not moved an inch from its political resolve to show the LDF’s election eve antic to win Hindu votes by organising a poorly attended and mendacious last-minute convention on Sabarimala growth as a political afterthought,” he acknowledged. 

Mr. Satheesan accused the LDF of courting Hindu majoritarian votes after its political gambit to corral minority votes failed. He acknowledged that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] ‘s rightward drift was evident on the Sanghamam.

Mr. Satheesan famous that the Devaswom Minister, V.N. Vasavan, learn out Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath’s blessings on the convention.

In an indirect dig at SNDP Yogam common secretary Vellapally Natesan, Mr. Satheesan stated Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan personally escorted a “one who spews communal venom towards minorities” to the venue in his official automotive. 

Mr. Satheesan acknowledged that the UDF, in distinction, opposed majority and minority communalism and didn’t apply appeasement politics.

He demanded the LDF specific its dedication to Sabarimala by withdrawing the Supreme Court affidavit endorsing the entry of girls into the temple and withdrawing lots of of circumstances registered towards Ayyappa devotees in the course of the tumultuous “Save Sabarimala Campaign” in 2018.