00:00Breaking news coming in. This is Kerala Chief Minister's big attack on Congress BJP tango.
00:05Pinaray Vijayan has come out to say, and I quote, Congress behind the BJP Kerala in road.
00:11Kerala Chief Minister continues, Congress BJP are hand in glove, Kongnetas defecting to the BJP.
00:19Eight Kong rebels join hands with the BJP. This is BJP Congress rebels bagging.
00:24The BJP Congress rebels, in fact, end LDF's 23-year rule in this very region.
00:33After slamming Congress for the Bengaluru dozer run, this is Kerala Chief Minister's fresh strike on the Congress at this point.
00:40This is what we are learning from the state of Kerala, which also, remember, goes into elections in 2026.
00:47So the political environment there currently is quite heated up.
00:51Shubhimol, KG, joining me on the broadcast with more details on this.
00:55Shubhimol, big developments coming in from Kerala at this given point.
00:59There are attacks coming in from the Chief Minister yet again against Congress,
01:03but this time it's a BJP Congress tango he's hinted at.
01:07Well, exactly, Shreya. In fact, yesterday was the elections to the Panjai presidential post,
01:12and that's when, you know, in Mathutur drama, there's been a major shock to the Congress party.
01:17The eight Congress elected members had resigned from the party and joined hands with the BJP to oppose the LBF in the Panjai.
01:24The Panjai was ruled by the LBF for around 23 years.
01:26So yesterday, when the Congress members joined hands with BJP, the LBF had to sit in the opposition,
01:32and this was a major shock to the Congress party also.
01:34They had taken action against the Congress local leadership in the district also.
01:37So it's in that background that Chief Minister Pandraai Vijayan yesterday hit out at the Congress,
01:42saying that the Congress leadership in Kerala should answer,
01:45because we've seen this trend outside the state and many other states like Goa, Arnachal Pradesh,
01:51how Congress workers have joined hands with, the Congress leaders have joined hands with the BJP.
01:57So that trend is being repeated in Kerala, and this is concerning,
02:00and this should bother the Congress leadership, is what Chief Minister Pandraai Vijayan said,
02:04raising serious questions to the Congress party.
02:06The Congress itself is shocked seeing how the members just before the election quit the party
02:11and, you know, decide to support the BJP.
02:14Now, what we're understanding is this is going to be a narrative for the elections,
02:17upcoming elections also, that Congress cannot be trusted if it comes to minorities.
02:23It's always the LBF, the CTI and the LBF that are going to stand up for the minorities.
02:26And this, Chief Minister Pandraai Vijayan making this statement is also sending out a message to minorities in the state
02:30that, you know, for any issues regarding minorities, when it comes to opposing the BJP,
02:35it's the CTI and LBF that are going to stand up and fight the BJP in the state of Kerala.
02:41Right, Rupimol.
02:42You know, this is, in fact, if we are to look at how the relationship between the LBF
02:47and the Congress has also been panning out over just the two days,
02:51we see this is the second big attack coming in from Pinaray Vijayan against the Congress at this given point.
02:59Earlier one being with regards to the Karnataka Congress Unit
03:02and this time it is directly the state Congress Unit itself in Kerala that he has targeted.
03:10Well, exactly. In fact, you know, when we look at the election voting pattern in Kerala,
03:14the minorities have always supported the Congress Party in Kerala
03:17and it's in that background and we can see how the Hindu vote bank have started shifting.
03:23You know, there's a shift in the Hindu vote bank with many Hindu and CPI vote banks started voting for the BJP.
03:30That's what we've seen in the last few elections, the voting pattern in the last few elections.
03:33So it's in that background.
03:34Now Chief Minister Pindrai Vijayan is saying that, you know, when it comes to minorities,
03:39it's the LBF that's going to stand up for the minorities
03:42because in Karnataka we saw how a demolish, a bulldozer justice was implemented
03:47just like how we see in other North Indian states like Uttar Pradesh.
03:50Uttar Pradesh is state ruled by BJP, but here in Karnataka,
03:53the Congress who's government is taking such stand against minorities.
03:56So in these two days, with these two strong statements,
03:59Chief Minister Pindrai Vijayan is sending out a message here to the minorities in the Kerala
04:04that when it comes to the minority rights, when it comes to protecting the rights of minorities,
04:08it's the LBF that's going to stand.
04:10Because even in the last day, last week when she finished Pindrai Vijayan
04:13at the press conference, we mentioned this one statement.
04:16If we looked at the voting pattern in election results in local body elections,
04:19in many, he took certain examples and said that it's just very clear
04:22that it's the LBF that's going to oppose BJP in the state of Kerala.
04:26So that message is being sent out and I think in the coming days also
04:29we'll see more such statements coming out, attacking the Congress directly
04:32and sending a message to the minorities in the state.
04:35Right, Shibimol, thank you for bringing us those details
04:37with regards to how the political landscape is maneuvering in Kerala
04:41at this given point.
04:43And we will keep a close track of all these developments coming in from the state.
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