Kerala exit polls reassure LDF

Thiruvananthapuram: The mood in the LDF camp was upbeat following the exit poll results conducted by various agencies predicted big to massive victory for the CPM led front in the Assembly polls. The CPM leaders lost no time to attribute the exit poll prediction to the anger of the voters against corruption and soft communal agenda of the ruling UDF.

CPM central committee member A Vijayaraghavan said the UDF leadership particularly chief minister Oommen Chandy had entered into a clandestine understanding with BDJS and other community organisations to weaken the  LDF. This despite the BDJS being an ally of the BJP led NDA.

The CPM leadership said the people have totally rejected such tie-ups and voted for secular values of the state. It felt that the results were also a message to the affluent leaders of the SNDP who are trying to provide space to RSS in the state against the ideals of  Sree Narayana Guru who stood for universal brotherhood.

The CPM said the chief minister’s “opportunist” politics would lead to the decimation of Congress in the state like what happened in many other places across the country . “It is the Congress which has paved the way for the BJP in many states. The weaker the Congress, the stronger the BJP,” said a  a Left leader.

The Left leaders admited that exit poll results had put additional responsibility on the LDF to fight the communal and divisive forces in the state. Besides, if the LDF forms the government it will have to rise up to the expectations  of the masses and deliver.