Vellappally Natesan brainstormed before taking the plunge

A consensus on this emerged at a brain-storming session called by the Yogam at Cherthala on Monday

Update: 2015-10-06 06:48 GMT
Vellappally Natesan.
ALAPPUZHA: The SNDP Yogam has decided to take the plunge and form a political party on the secular plank to challenge the two fronts in the state as part of a third front.    
 
A consensus on this emerged at a brain-storming session called by the Yogam  at Cherthala on Monday.
 
Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan  said, “this is not a Hindu combine, but it will embrace all sections of people  irrespective of caste or religion.” 
 
He said  the representatives who attended the meeting had shown the  green signal  to form a  political party.  
 
“There is space for a third front and a  new political party is the need of the hour. But this is not a final decision, there will be wide-ranging  discussions  on the possibilities of a third front,”  he said.
 
Accusing the media of attempting to derail  the move, he said the media  would have a crucial  role  in the launch of  the party.  
 
“The new political party will  ensure social justice to all weaker sections.  The like-minded people can join  it which is expected to be formed when  the  Dharma Raksha Yatha from Kasargod  to Thiruvanathapuram ends on December 5,”  he said.
 
Mr Natesan  added that the Yogam would not compel any members to join politics as many of them were believers in other political parties.
 
The session, which lasted for  five hours, was attended by Mr Philip M. Prasad, former Naxalite, Mr N.M. Pierson, thinker, and advocate  M. Jayasankar, noted political commentator,  apart from representatives of a  several Hindu outfits,  including Yoga Shkema Sabha, Kerala Pulaya Mahasabha, Dheerava Service Society, VSDP and Vetoor Mahasabha.
 
Mr Philip M. Prasad told DC  that he was hopeful that the third front would make a mark in Kerala  as the majority  from the weaker sessions were being treated badly  by both the fronts over the years.
 
“This is not a communal force, but  a force that would  overcome  all setbacks,” he claimed.
 
VSDP chairman Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan,  Yogakshema Sabha state president Akkeeramon Kalidasa Bhattathiripad, Deevara Service Society state general secretary Pooyapplly Raghvan, KPMS general secretary T.V. Babu and  Kerala Viswakarma Sabha general secretary T.K. Somasekharan were among those who attended the meeting. 

Similar News