Satheesan ridicules LDF campaign for third term in power
He was addressing a protest march on Tuesday (May 6) organised by the Kozhikode District Congress Committee (DCC) to the District Collectorate demanding the resignation of the LDF government, alleging that it is 'neck deep in corruption,'.
Mr. Satheesan said that the LDF's current campaign reminded him of another propaganda by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] in the 1977 Assembly polls. 'There were loud slogans saying E.M.S. Namboodiripad won in 1957 and 1967, and he would again win in 1977. However, when the results came out, the then United Front led by the Congress got 111 out of the 140 seats, which was a record of sorts. So, we don't need to get carried away by this new slogan saying the Pinarayi Vijayan government had won in 2016 and 2021 and it would return to power in 2026 as well,' he said.
The Leader of Opposition also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Vijayan were 'sailing in the same boat'. 'If you criticise Mr. Modi, you will be labelled an anti-national. Here, if we criticise Mr. Vijayan, we will be called anti-development. But, soon we may be called anti-national because one is copying the textbook of the other,' Mr. Satheesan said. A Minister in the State Cabinet had no qualms in claiming that Gautam Adani was the government's partner in the Vizhinjam project, he added.
Shafi Parambil, MP, who also spoke, said that when the results of the 2026 Assembly elections would be out, Congress would surely have MLAs from the district. K. Praveenkumar, DCC president, among others, was present.
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