Today Delhi, tomorrow Kerala: BJP leader V Muraleedharan
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (PTI): Buoyed with the BJP winning the assembly elections in Delhi, party leader V Muraleedharan on Saturday said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should be ready for a similar outcome in Kerala.
"Today Delhi, tomorrow Kerala," Muraleedharan said, while speaking to reporters here, adding that the poll outcome in the national capital was an indication of the fate that awaits those who are corrupt.
The BJP leader alleged that former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was involved in the liquor scam and other corrupt activities and the people did not believe his claims of being targeted politically by his opponents.
He said the poll results were also a message "that people will sweep away the corrupt persons from power".
"This win is against corruption and arrogance," he added.
Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran took a dig at the CPI(M) by saying that it got only 0.01 per cent of the votes polled in Delhi despite there being 22 constituencies where Malayalees have a decisive vote.
"In CPI(M)-ruled Kerala, the BJP's vote share is about 20 per cent. In Delhi, which is going to be ruled by the BJP, the CPI(M) got only 0.01 per cent of the votes," Surendran said in a Facebook post.
Earlier, Muraleedharan claimed that the people of Delhi wanted a 'double engine' government after seeing the administration by the governments in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
The BJP leader also contended that Kejriwal was a close friend of Vijayan and one of the persons allegedly involved in the Delhi liquor scam was given the responsibility of setting up a brewery unit in Palakkad district of the state.
"The Delhi poll results should be a lesson for Pinarayi Vijayan as to the fate that awaits corrupt persons. It also indicates that Kerala will deliver a similar verdict," he said.
Of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly, the BJP has won 40 seats and the AAP 19, according to the latest Election Commission figures.
The BJP is all set to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 years.
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Sujit Nair raises concerns over speculation of DMK-AIADMK understanding to block TVK
Chennai: Journalist and political commentator Sujit Nair has expressed concern over speculation that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam could explore a post-poll understanding to prevent Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam from forming the government in Tamil Nadu.
In a social media post, Sujit Nair said the election verdict in Tamil Nadu reflected a clear public demand for political change and argued that the mandate should be respected irrespective of political preferences.
Referring to reports and political discussions surrounding a possible understanding between the DMK and AIADMK, he said he hoped such developments remained only speculative conversations and did not turn into reality.
Nair stated that if such an alliance were to take shape, it would raise serious questions about ideological politics in the country. He said TVK had emerged through a democratic electoral process and that the legitimacy to govern in a parliamentary democracy comes from the people’s verdict.
According to him, attempts to prevent an electoral winner from forming the government through unexpected political arrangements may be constitutionally valid, but many people could view them as politically opportunistic.
He further said that such a move could particularly affect the political image of the DMK, which has historically projected itself around ideology, social justice and opposition politics. Nair said that in ideological terms, the DMK appeared closer to TVK than to the AIADMK, and joining hands with its long-time political rival only to remain in power could weaken its broader political narrative.
He added that the same questions would apply to the AIADMK as well, as the party had spent decades positioning itself against the DMK and such an arrangement could create discomfort among its cadre and supporters.
Drawing a comparison with Maharashtra politics in 2019, Nair said he had expressed similar views when the Shiv Sena formed an alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party after the Assembly elections.
He said post-poll alliances between long-standing political rivals often create a public perception that ideology and electoral mandates become secondary when political power equations come into play.
Nair also said such developments increase public cynicism towards politics and reinforce the belief among voters that ideology is often sidelined after elections.
He maintained that the Tamil Nadu verdict was emphatic and said respecting both the spirit and substance of the mandate was important for the credibility of democratic politics.
