Kerala Congress (M) sticks to ‘cadre drift’ within CPI(M) as reason for poll defeat
The Kerala Congress (M) has attributed its recent electoral defeat to sabotage from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres. During a high power committee meeting, party leaders dismissed claims that their workers shifted support to the United Democratic Front. The KC(M) plans to focus on farmers' issues and enhance grassroots engagement moving forward.
- ▪The Kerala Congress (M) blamed CPI(M) cadre sabotage for its Assembly election defeat.
- ▪Party leaders noted that anti-incumbency sentiments within the Left camp contributed to their losses.
- ▪The KC(M) intends to sharpen its focus on farmers' issues and strengthen grassroots engagement.
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Just when the Left Democratic Front (LDF) seemed moving past the controversy over alleged cross voting, a stormy high power committee meeting of the Kerala Congress (M) [KC(M)] in Kottayam on Wednesday ripped the issue wide open again, with the party bluntly blaming the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] cadre level sabotage for its humiliating Assembly election setback.The three-hour long meeting also dismissed the counter narrative floated within the LDF that the KC(M) workers had shifted support to the United Democratic Front (UDF) in several constituencies.
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