00:00Okay.
00:33So our today's focus will be on Kori Kod and Malapuram District.
00:36While the rest of the state sees a direct contest between the Congress and the CPIM,
00:41this is one part of the state that sees a political contest taking place between the IUML,
00:46part of the Congress-led UDF and the CPM-led LDF.
00:49In 2021, for the assembly elections, the CPM-led LDF managed to almost have a sweep in Kori Kod
00:54District, while the Congress-led UDF, under the influence of IUML, almost sweep Malapuram
00:59District, will they be able to save their bastion in the 2026 assembly elections?
01:25So, apart from politics and football, if there's something that we absolutely love, it's the fish.
01:30So if you're in Kori Kod, you cannot miss having the fish mango curry and this port town of Bepur,
01:35where the city of Kori Kod wakes up.
01:37Bepur is known for its boat-making industry, its rich maritime legacy and some of the best political voices in
01:44the district.
01:44We are at the Bepur Fishing Arbor, and let's go inside and see what's cooking.
02:16We'll go and find more people inside.
02:18Kori Kod.
02:41Kori Kod.
03:04Kori Kod.
03:05Kori Kod.
03:10Kori Kod.
03:13Kori Kod.
03:13Kori Kod.
03:24Kori Kod.
03:27Kori Kod.
03:33Kori Kod.
03:37Do you want me to talk about LDF?
03:42No, it's not in Kerala, but in Kerala.
03:45The LDF government is not in Kerala.
03:51It's not in Kerala.
03:53It's not in Kerala.
03:54It's not in Tamil Nadu.
03:55It's not in Kerala.
03:57It's not in Kerala.
04:00When you came to Kerala,
04:02I was born in Kerala.
04:05It was a relationship between the government.
04:09But it was a relationship between the citizens.
04:14Do you want to talk about LDF?
04:17Do you want to talk about LDF?
04:17You've seen that the UDF should be vaccinated.
04:20Do you want to talk about that?
04:24There are not any of LDF.
04:25There is a lot of people who have a vote for the LDF.
04:33So, they have a vote for the LDF.
04:37So, they have a vote for the LDF.
04:40How are you?
04:41How are you?
04:47How are you?
04:57Change ?
04:59Change ?
05:16What does the UDF do to you in the UDF?
05:20Do you speak up with the UDF?
05:21No, I don't speak up with the UDF.
05:23I don't speak up with the UDF.
05:27Does the UDF do to you in the UDF?
05:32In the hills, many other villages can make this place for a while
05:37the young people are and are not Rockrani, called a Riyasanta.
05:40Do you think Riyas would do this?
05:42Yea, for the Kerala, I like that
05:45and I like that and are coming to Riyasanta.
05:48You used to do that as well, a lot of people,
05:52but I like to call Riyasanta.
05:56You can do that as well,
05:58you don't have anywhere in Riyasanta.
05:59Sir, tell me specifically about Beipur, like it's Mohammed Riyaz's seat, if you look at
06:06history only once a UDF candidate has won, so what is it that you are taking forward
06:11to the people against LDF and against Mohammed Riyaz, the ML in particular?
06:15See actually when I came to Beipur and studied the Consciency and discussed with the people,
06:22interacted with the people, nothing has happened in the Beipur Consciency, he made some tourism
06:28projects out of the, inside the Consciency and they given the maximum hype for that, but
06:35it is nothing related to the people, those who are voted to him.
06:38The issue based of the Consciency is when we are going to see the health issues, where
06:44we went and see the Thaluk hospital, health centers, he is very poor, not even a gynec department
06:52is not operating in the Thaluk hospitals also.
06:55And there is lot of factories was here, more than 2025 tile factories was here, nothing
07:01has functioned, most of them are closed, and the Beipur port we know, nothing has happened,
07:07no infrastructure facilities there, even the fish land area, no development has happened.
07:13No of them.
07:16There is no such source government, these firms Shiran potencial shrugged by people and about
07:29the person in молkt.
07:49I don't know.
08:23So, I don't think that is a very big fight or a challenge in the Barefoot.
08:28People are totally against the government, people are totally against the MLA also.
08:33So, we have the confidence, UDF will be in the conscience.
08:36So, why is Penarai Sambad? Because he is one chief minister who made history by getting re-elected.
08:40So, why is Penarai Sambad if you have to tell the common people about it?
08:43Why Penarai came again? I was also working for him that time.
08:47In India now, we are facing lot of secular problems.
08:51Even Kerala, there the fascist situation is coming inside the state.
08:55What the central government decides? What is their interest on Kerala?
09:01According to that tune, Penarai is dancing in Kerala.
09:05That is the political issue in Kerala.
09:07Before, he was a communist minister, communist chief minister.
09:11Now, he is a part and part-shed of the central government.
09:25I am always accessible for them. That is why. And for the people.
09:43We went to Beepur and we were speaking to a lot of voters there.
09:46So, one person in between an interview came and said that Riyas will win at any cost.
09:50If he has to lose, then one person has to contest. That is Shafi Parv.
09:53Do you want to react?
09:55See, thank you for him saying that. Otherwise, also he may lose because, you know, this is a political fight.
10:01This is not a wrestling happening. So, in Beepur also, our chances are brighter this time.
10:07The anti-incumbency is at its peak, which cannot be covered by, which will not be overshadowed by the PR
10:13exercise.
10:14Are you desperate for the country or anything to happen to be overshadowed by the President?
10:18No, not an other nationalist country.
10:21Many animals have been working on it.
10:25They may have been around for a while.
10:26They may have been along with this country like that.
10:32Even more people in the economy have been in this country.
10:34They've been deeply involved in this country.
10:35They've been deeply involved in the country on some national level.
10:42Arabic
10:45Arabic
10:45Arabic
10:46Arabic
10:47Arabic
10:51If you have any questions
10:52You have any questions
10:52But in the Q2, I would like to hear
10:56But in the Q2, the Q2 will be entered
10:59The Q2, the Q2, the Q2 will be entered
11:03I cannot, in the Q2, the Q2 is entered
11:14The Q2, the Q2 will be entered
11:18so
11:49yes
12:19So you raised this issue
12:20apart from Pindraism you spoke about
12:22Marimonism also so but Riyas
12:24is also somebody who grew up in the party
12:27like he was very active in the youth organizations
12:28and everything so how much of that allegation is going to
12:31work? According to his political
12:32career he will
12:35be a minister or something. I don't have
12:36any wrong opinion about it.
12:39The influence what he is
12:41having in the ministry and
12:42the political party CPM
12:44that is what I question
12:46because as a son-in-law he is using
12:49more power inside
12:51the government and inside the party
12:53also. That was
12:55my issue. That was the issue of the
12:57CPM Curtis also.
13:34Lepuram has always been the league's stronghold. You had won 13 out of 16 seats last time. What is going
13:39to be the number this time? Also Coricode. There is naturally Coricode. There are a few seats where the league
13:44is very strong but otherwise it is an LDF stronghold.
13:46So what is the number of seats that is going to be from Coricode and Malapuram?
13:51Malapuram we are going to
13:53back
13:54the whole seats
13:57because in this
13:58last Jala Panjait elections
14:01there is no opposition
14:03for UDF now. In Coricode we will be having a very good results in these elections because in the local
14:12body elections we are ahead in 12 constituencies. But let us minus one or two. But still UDF will be
14:25bagging about 10 seats in Coricode district.
14:28We have travelled to Malapuram and Coricode some belts where we see that the contest is largely between the IUML
14:34and there are certain pockets where the CPM has some stronghold. So how do you approach elections in those constituencies
14:40when you look for an electoral success?
14:43It is not like we are doing traditional politics like Congress and the CPM where they calculate their chances of
14:50victory based on vote banks. There are many parts of the Indian Muslim League that are beginning to sound and
14:57act very
14:58very unsecular. The party is called the Indian Union Muslim League and fair enough. They are unabashedly a party that
15:07only stands for the interests of Muslim community. This attempt by the Congress and the Muslim League to mainstream dangerous
15:14elements like Jamaat into Keralam's politics, their open alliance with the Jamaat is absolutely not based on any convergence of
15:26the Muslim League's historic
15:28liberal values, democratic values, democratic values and the Jamaat's completely anti-secular anti-democratic values. There is no common meeting
15:36ground.
15:37Usually for elections we always see development issues and other issues being discussed. We have seen a trend of Jamaat
15:43-Islami being discussed a lot. Congress has said that they will accept the support. What is exactly the league stand
15:48on accepting Jamaat-Islami?
15:51Jamaat factors regularly for a polarization. We have repeatedly said that the ideology of Jamaat is entirely different from the
16:04ideology of the Muslim League. So why they want to say that if Muslim will come into power, it is
16:13Jamaat-Islami who is going to do the back driving?
16:18Jamaat-Islami is not a lot of policy. They are not telling that if Muslim will come into the country.
16:27Jamaat-Islami is an issue of brownness. This is not a problem.
16:41Jamaat-Islami is an issue of the Islamic Republic during the time of the time of the Muslim League.
16:44Jamaat-Islami is very clear, and we are all about the same.
16:46Jamaat-Islami.
16:46Jamaat-Islami is a national community for a local government to become a regional government,
16:56What the CPM is alleging is that the Congress is playing a very dangerous politics by accepting
17:01an extremist force like Jamaat-Islami.
17:04We have not accepted Jamaat-Islami support.
17:07The welfare party declared their support to us.
17:12We accepted.
17:13We don't have any relation with them.
17:16They are not our member of the coalition.
17:19They are not even an associate member of our coalition.
17:23We don't have any relation with them.
17:25How can it happen?
17:26Because first of all, you look at the number of Jamaat-Islami in the whole state.
17:32This is a way in which they want to say that even Muslim League cannot handle any of the
17:41main portfolios like home or they cannot be a deputy chief minister.
17:49Sometimes they will say they are not even good for contesting in their elections.
17:56So this is a type of hate campaign which is happening now.
18:03Never UDF has asked for an alliance with Jamaat-Islami.
18:08And there is no way in which they are not going to support them when they are not going to
18:11support them.
18:11In the name of Jamaat-Islami is not going to support them as a country, but the same thing,
18:43What the left is saying is that the UDF is not denying that supporter.
18:46Let them answer our questions. Why you had an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami in the last many elections, including
18:56the local body elections? It is not only that Jamaat-e-Islami is going to support us, even the left,
19:03many of the left political workers who are the real left.
19:08But how can the CPM say that? For the last four decades, Jamaat-e-Islami was with the CPM. At
19:17that time, they were secular. We don't have any relation with the communal forces or any other outfits. If somebody
19:23is saying communal things, we will oppose whoever it is. That is our position. Whoever it is, we are against
19:31the majority communalism as well as the minority communalism. We will oppose both.
19:35Nothing stops the Muslim League from taking Jamaat support. But nothing stops me and the BJP and NDA from exposing
19:44that this is hypocrisy.
19:45You can't have the Congress Party talk about the Constitution. Wave the Constitution and say I will be in a
19:51political alliance with Jamaat. Jamaat who says we don't agree with the Indian Constitution and Indian secularism.
19:57There are a lot of political observers who say that if the left comes to power one more time, there
20:02is a possibility that the IUML will leave UDF. Will there be a possibility like that?
20:06The Muslim League was responsible for the formation of UDF. So we are one among the founders of the UDF.
20:14Muslim League is not a dictator. It is not for power that the Muslim League is working. It is the
20:24best option for us and always we are trying to strengthen the UDF. Nothing more than that.
20:32Thank you so much.
20:45Thank you so much.
21:01Well, well, we cannot sign off from Kodikode and Malapuram without football.
21:06The state of course loves football, but this part of the state loves it a little too much
21:09with Malapuram known as the Mecca of Kerala football.
21:12We are at Arikode and Malapuram where 7th tournaments are still very much in demand
21:16and popular with the matches taking place in packed stadiums.
21:19It's a final match that's taking place today and let's go and get a glimpse of it.
21:31Taylor, now I'm here!
21:34Speaker 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1
21:42Speaker 1, 2, 1
21:50Speaker 1, 2, 1
21:51Speaker 1, 2, 1
21:53Speaker 1, 1
22:03I love football, I love football.
22:07And now, I love football, and I love football.
22:13I love Brazil, and I love Brazil.
22:16I love it, but I love Argentina.
22:19.
22:21.
22:51Well, the match is ongoing and it's a fierce battle that's taking place on ground.
22:55Just like that, the election in the state is also a very tight, fierce political contest
22:59that's taking place which we will be tracking very closely.
Comments