Congress party has to work hard to come back to power, don’t just pin hopes on anti-incumbency alone, says K Muraleedharan

Kozhikode: Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan said Congress party in the state should not think that anti-incumbency sentiment against the Pinarayi Vijayan govt alone would bring the party back to power and added that Congress must work hard if it has to regain power.
After inaugurating the Oommen Chandy commemoration meeting organised by the Kozhikode District Congress Committee on Wednesday, Muraleedharan said if Congress workers think that anti-incumbency would take them to power, then they should understand there is also BJP to take away a share of the anti-incumbency feelings against LDF govt.
"Earlier only we were here. Now there are other forces, and they are trying to take away our votes as well," Muraleedharan said.
He added that another important matter that Congress workers should keep in mind is the fact that there is a tacit understanding between two of the party's opponents, the CPM and the BJP.
"In the local body elections and the assembly elections, we are going to face these two parties, and we must understand that there is a strong understanding between them," Muraleedharan said.
He said that the stand expressed by some CPM leaders that the main challenge being faced by society was minority communalism and the remarks made by assembly speaker A N Shamseer that RSS was a prominent organisation in the country should be viewed against this background.
"These all can be viewed as visible results of the meeting between ADGP M R Ajith Kumar and RSS leaders," Muraleedharan said.
In a tacit criticism of the Congress brass in connection with his defeat in Thrissur, Muraleedharan said that he barely escaped with his life from Thrissur after he was asked to contest there, which was akin to boarding a vehicle without nuts and bolts.
"The people who told me that I would surely win from the seat didn't know that BJP had enrolled 54,000 votes in the constituency," he added.