THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF Government in the state is steeped in corruption, said M Vijayakumar, CPM leader and the LDF candidate contesting the Aruvikkara bypolls.
While talking at Keralam Engottu organized by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club, he alleged that corruption had reached its climax.
Aruvikkara elections are crucial. The fate of ‘Keralam Engottu’ will be decided through the Aruvikkara by polls. The defeat of the UDF in the polls is sure. The present political situation in the state is favourable for the LDF, he said.
It's politics that matters and not sympathy, he said on a by-election necessitated by the death of former speaker G Karthikeyan.
He made the comment a day after the ruling Congress announced it would field K S Sabarinathan, the younger son of Karthikeyan, for the bypoll.
The bye-poll in the rural constituency in the capital district -- Aruvikara, is scheduled to take place on June 27.
"During elections, it's the politics what matters and not sympathy," he said.
Vijayakumar in his debut election in 1987 beat Karthikeyan but in a different constituency in the capital district.
However, a glance at the previous by-elections held in the state following the death of a sitting member shows that the kith or kin of the dead member, whenever fielded, has always won.
Sabarinathan, a bachelor of 31 years of age, has quit his job with the Tatas in Mumbai to contest the polls.
"Development in Aruvikara has taken a beating and of the 14 assembly constituencies in the capital district, Aruvikara is ranked 14th," said 65-year-old Vijayakumar, who is a former speaker and also a state minister.
Vijayakumar ruled out any sort of factionalism in the CPI-M and said he has always been a loyal follower of former chief minister V S Achuthanandan.
"Let me make it very clear that there exists no factionalism in the CPI-M and the LDF is safe in Aruvikara," said Vijayakumar.
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