00:00I have said this very clearly, this is not a victory of the Congress party or a victory of the UDF,
00:06this is a victory of the Jamaat-e-Islami, and that victory is particularly, is very unique to Nilambur,
00:16and it is a victory that has been made possible for the UDF because of two factors,
00:21the active support of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which is an outlawed organization,
00:26an anti-national organization, an anti-constitutional organization, and the division of the votes of the CPM.
00:34So I think for those people who in the UDF believe that Nilambur marks some sort of a general sentiment of the people of Kerala,
00:46I can assure you that almost every other constituency, every other part of Kerala,
00:51the people will never vote for any Jamaat-e-Islami kind of a mandate.
00:56So Jamaat-e-Islami support and mainstreaming Jamaat-e-Islami by the Congress is a very, very, very dangerous political move by the Congress,
01:04a very desperate move by the Congress, and it may have worked in Nilambur.
01:08But across the board, across the state, the people of Kerala will reject this type of opportunistic political alliance.
01:15So how do you know, as was the performance of India in the UK?
01:19No, we, it is not a constituency that where we have had any success in the past.
01:26We fielded an extremely strong candidate, a good candidate, a very local candidate,
01:33a man of credibility and public service, advocate Mohan George.
01:37And we have, we are really the only party that has increased our votes in that election.
01:43And even though it is by a small amount, we not only retained our vote share, but we also increased our votes.
01:49So it is a vote, in my opinion, that has signaled to the LDF that people want development,
01:56people are dissatisfied with what is happening.
01:58And it is unfortunately also an election that has marked the formalization and the normalization of this type of appeasement,
02:07dangerous appeasement and opportunistic politics,
02:10where the Jamaat-e-Islami is allowing the Congress to have victories in a constituency
02:17where they have not done any work for the last 65 years.
02:19Sir, recently the Kerala, the Chief Minister of the Commission,
02:23he informed his displeasure.
02:25You think Madagama's future in the official province of Kaisalak,
02:29two ministers are already going forward?
02:33Look, it is not an issue that the party has anything to say about.
02:37This is an issue between the governor and the governor's office,
02:41which is the constitutional position, and the chief minister of the state.
02:44It is an issue between these two constitutional bodies,
02:48and I certainly don't want to comment on that.
02:51I certainly want to say one thing.
02:52I think the CPM is trying to, and it will fail,
02:56in trying to distract the people of Kerala from the real issues,
03:00the nine years of failures of the LDF government,
03:03the nine years of almost no progress in development or investment in jobs in the state,
03:09the high unemployment, the high inflation in the state of Kerala,
03:12trying to distract and divert the people's attention from those important issues
03:17to issues that are absolutely meaningless.
03:21Their opposition to Bharat Amba or Bharat Mata or the tricolor
03:25is an issue that is not really an issue relevant to the people of Kerala.
03:30People of Kerala want to know,
03:31when we gave you the opportunity nine years ago to serve us,
03:35to make our lives better, what did you do?
03:37You did not do anything except to become a B party of the Congress party.
03:42With the same corruption, with the same kind of appeasement politics,
03:46and no development and no opportunities for our youngsters.
03:49So this is the real issue.
03:50They are trying to divert the attention.
03:53The BJP and the NDA will continue to focus on the important issues
03:57that concern the people of Kerala,
03:58that is development, opportunity and prosperity for all.
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