The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government seemed to interpret the attendance of an Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader at the ‘Nava Kerala Sadassu’ chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Kasargode as an indication of rising bipartisan political approval for the programme and an “encouraging sign” that the Congress leadership’s “blind and spiteful” boycott of the Cabinet’s public outreach could implode dramatically.
At a press conference in Kasargode, Mr. Vijayan suggested the trickle of Opposition support for the government’s mass contact programme would soon become a flow.
“One can only imagine the anguish of Opposition legislators who can’t participate in mega public-government interfaces in their constituencies. Even the families of some Congress MLAs are asking them why they are not participating in the event,” he said.
