00:00The encouraging thing is that within an hour and a quarter there seems to be a very clear trend in
00:04our favour
00:05and even some reasonably popular politicians from the LDF are trailing
00:10which I agree is entirely premature because they've counted a couple of rounds every 8-10 rounds to count
00:16but I just want to say that I think it's very clear that the Kerala electorate has to be congratulated
00:21they understand the issues even if they like a particular MLA or minister or whatever as an individual
00:27they realize that casting a vote there means casting a vote for a continuation of misgovernance
00:32and for that reason they have decided it's time for a change
00:35and even people whose individual popularity we are not disputing seem to be behind
00:40this I think is a very good sign and for us in the UDF
00:44we are not going to make any premature celebrations
00:46but I can see that it will take already a major reversal for things to look very different
00:51let's talk again in an hour or so, hour, hour and a bit
00:54and we'll certainly I think if we get a confirmation of this trend with more than half the votes counted
00:59in most places
00:59then I think we are heading very clearly forward
01:02for the moment it's a good beginning
01:04and if you do come to war will you be a contender for this year?
01:07No, no, I'm not afraid
01:08I think right now we've got enough contenders
01:10what matters now is there should be a change of government
01:13a change of policy and a revival of Kerala
01:16I think the entire thing I hope that I can count on my ideas also being of some use to
01:23the new government
01:23but my message will certainly be development
01:27completely changing the disastrous fiscal situation
01:30really doing essential work to make Kerala once again a haven for investment
01:35so that we can grow, generate jobs for our people
01:38and prevent a situation where our young people are fleeing the state
01:42because they feel they have no possibilities
01:52I think it will be interesting to see what comes out of all of this
01:56at the moment we've always known that NDA would be viable only in a handful of constituencies
02:01that is we never thought that they had any serious contention chance beyond four or five
02:07and even there we thought that they could end up second and not first
02:11so it's not that we were in any case expecting to concede very much to them
02:15but it's early days let's see in the next few hours how it evolves
02:19but you know as I said last time also
02:21a party that is zero in the assembly
02:24if it goes to one or two or three
02:26does it change anything real for the people of Kerala
02:28and that's the real answer
02:30I think for us what we need to see is a new government and our focus is on that
02:34Kerala
02:34yeah
02:36yeah
02:36yeah
02:36yeah
02:37yeah
02:38yeah
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