BJP Warns CPI(M) After Violence Erupts at Thiruvananthapuram Mayor’s Office

According to Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday, the CPIM was using “politics of violence” to divert attention away from them at a time when Keralans realised the party had been a complete failure in the state for the previous ten years.

After visiting the injured at the Medical College Hospital following the violence at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, where numerous people were injured, he claimed that the CPI(M) was attempting to use violence as a political tool in its political war.

He noted that the Chief Minister’s White Paper, introduced in the Assembly, had revealed the financial and administrative lapses of the previous Pinarayi Vijayan Government, and that the developments in the current era were “deliberate efforts to divert the public focus”.

He may have acknowledged that all political parties have the right to protest and agitate, but urged the people of Kerala to do so outside the AKG Centre on the Exalogic corruption issue.

He also pointed out that the public protests should be against unemployment, inflation, economic downfall and CPI(M’s inefficiency to solve civic problems like waste management, drinking water shortage etc despite having ruled Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for 45 years.

Chandrasekhar reiterated that the rule of law, and not the CPI(M) is in effect in Kerala.

The courts, police and other legal institutions will discharge their duties, he added, while the CPI(M) can’t set itself above the law.

He also said that the BJP-led NDA had emerged as a viable alternative in Kerala following the Assembly elections, and that the people had realised the political clarity within the CPI(M) and the Congress in the INDIA Bloc.

His remarks highlighted the CPI(M)’s dismay in state politics as well as at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, which has faced several setbacks in recent years.

Chandrasekhar compared this to incidents that occurred under a Congress-led administration, claiming that the BJP would not permit anyone to storm the Mayor’s office and commit acts of violence there because violence had previously been unleashed within the Assembly.

He continued that there will be no scope to take the law into one’s own hands, be it Pinarayi Vijayan or any CPI(M) comrade. He went on to say that nobody would want to believe that “cheap political theatrics” could intimidate the BJP, the largest political party in the country.

Chandrasekhar compared this to incidents that occurred under a Congress-led administration, claiming that the BJP would not permit anyone to storm the Mayor’s office and commit acts of violence there because violence had previously been unleashed within the Assembly.

He further stated that there will be no scope to take the law into one’s own hands, be it Pinarayi Vijayan or any CPI(M) comrade. He went on to say that nobody would want to believe that “cheap political theatrics” could intimidate the BJP, the largest political party in the country.

The BJP had already claimed a few days back that the CPI(M) would stage similar protests to divert attention from the revelations of alleged corruption and administrative shortcomings in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

While acknowledging that all political parties have the right to protest and engage in agitation, he encouraged Keralans to do so outside the AKG Centre about the subject of Exalogic corruption.

Additionally, he made the point that despite having controlled the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for 45 years, public demonstrations should be directed against unemployment, inflation, economic decline, and the CPI’s inability to address public issues such as waste management and the scarcity of potable water.

Chandrasekhar reaffirmed that Kerala is governed by the rule of law rather than the CPI(M).

He also said that the BJP-led NDA had emerged as a viable alternative in Kerala following the Assembly elections, and that the people had realised the political clarity within the CPI(M) and the Congress in the INDIA Bloc. His remarks highlighted the CPI(M)’s dismay in state politics as well as at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, which has faced several setbacks in recent years.