By our special political correspondent
New Delhi, July 05 (IVC) It is time for the polit-buro of the Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI(M) to ask the Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan , to quit the post of the, Chief Minister of Kerala, with a view to avoiding the further decay of the party in the State, a section of leaders of the party, on anonymity, told this correspondent .
The second term of Pinarayi Ministry was of ‘unlimited arrogance and hubris’ and has no leader of the party was courageous enough to tell the truth point-blank when the Chief Minister deviated from the principles and policies of the party, they said. All the ministers in the cabinet of Pinaray i Vijayan are sycophants and no one was allowed to take any decision without the prior approval of the Chief Minister.
Introspecting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ,CPI(M)’s central committee in a review here noted that in Kerala, where the party could only win a single seat, there has been an “erosion “ in their “traditional base in several constituencies to the BJP”.
“Instances of arrogant behavior of cadres from top to bottom are alienating the people from the party. The importance of rectification to eliminate wrong trends and behavior must be undertaken in a planned manner” the panel’s review said.
This style of functioning the government that led to the party’s miserable failure in the 18th Lok Sabha elections. CPI(M) won only one seat out of a total 20 seats. In the elections to the 17th Lok Sabha 2019 also CPM could win only one seat out of a total of 20 seats.
It was the appropriate time for the polit-buro of the CPM to tell the Chief Minister of Kerala to quit and appoint a humble-mouthed and efficient leader of the party for making good of Pinarayi Government’s flaws and shortcomings, they added.
The governance of Pinarayi especially his second term of office was a failure on all counts such as failure salaries to the Government employees , service and welfare pensioners alike.
Law and order situation was completely broken down. The students Federation of India(SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) were let loose and they were allowed to do anything and every thing with the protection of the party and Government.
One glaring example of it was cold-blooded murder of the Veterinary University student Siddarthan by the SFI activists and the attitude of the Government towards the accused was not behoove of a leftist government.
The oration of SFI leader at Quilandy on July 03 that the Principal of the Gurudev College of Advanced Studies, Sunil Bhaskar would not enter the college on two legs. It should be decided by the SFI whether the principal should walk on two legs or not was not behoove of a student leader. It was a defamatory and threatening statement that warranted for punishment. Even if PB directed the Chief Minister of Kerala to quit, he would not do so. Hence PB was careful in creating a ridiculous position and hence PB beat about the bush.
PB was unanimously of the opinion in 1921 that K K Shilaja teacher to be inducted into Pinarayi cabinet as her performance as Health Minister was par excellence during COVID-19 pandemic.
The main reason for the miserable defeat of CPM in Kerala was due to large scale erosion of its traditional vote base. The Ezhava/Thiyya community was the strong supporters of CPM in Kerala. In the present Lok Sabha Elections , amongst the OBC Ezhavas/Thiyyas 32 per cent voted for the NDA.
The vote percentage of BJP in the 18th Lok Sabha has touched to 19.21 per cent as against 15.64 per cent in 2019, registering an increase of 3.57 per cent.
BJP crossed 30 per cent of the vote in three Lok Sabha constituencies in 2024 as against one constituency in 2019. BJP came first in 11 Assembly segments in 2024 as against one in 2019 and second in nine segments in 2024 as against seven in 2019. Ezhava community has played an important role in increasing the vote percentage of BJP in Kerala in the 18th Lok Sabha elections.
BJP knows well where is shoe is pinching and how. BJP had no much base in Maharashtra before it allied with the Shiv Sena. BJP gained well in Maharashtra with its alliance with the Shiv Sena . Similar deices are thrown by BJP to have grip in the politics of Kerala and it has been successful in applying its strategy of allying with the Ezhavas dominated SNDP (Sree Narayana Dharma Paripala) organization.
Hence the apple cart of either UDF or LDF rule in Kerala was upset with the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha.
CPM was the victim in the BJPs alliance with the SNDP in Kerala as aezhavas were the tradition base of the CPM. It is the appropriate time for the CPM leadership to change Chief Minister and appoint an able and efficient leader like Vrinda Karat with a view to gaining the support of OBC and gain its lost glory. It would be enough to do away with the umbrage of OBC Ezhavas and Thiyyas for not nominating K R Gouriamma as the Chief Minister of Kerala in 1987 though she was highlighted and projected as the Chief Minister of Kerala during electioneering.
