VD Satheesan, Kerala’s Leader of Opposition, dropped a political bombshell Tuesday, fingering CPI(M) and CM Pinarayi Vijayan for sanctioning a premeditated communal offensive via Minister Saji Cherian’s odious remarks. His assembly speech painted a picture of ruthless orchestration amid rising political heat.
Satheesan laid out the timeline meticulously: PR agency seeding stories in Delhi media, CM’s echo in interviews followed by backpedaling, relay through allied community voices, AK Balan’s segue, and Cherian’s vitriol.
He deemed Cherian’s outburst a historic ministerial disgrace, fraught with oath defiance for parochial electoral math. Demanding accountability, Satheesan quizzed Vijayan’s inaction and coyness.
Exposing CPI(M)’s game of inciting then excusing hate to mainstream it, Satheesan pledged UDF’s fierce, multi-front resistance.
Brushing off minority-reliance jibes, he touted UDF’s pan-societal embrace, validated by local poll conquests in Left citadels. He alerted to CPI(M)’s perilous borrow from Sangh’s divisive playbook in Kerala’s delicate balance.
Referencing CPI(M)’s embrace of Muslim League as secular during Babri chaos—Kerala’s peace exemplar—Satheesan envisioned 2026 as communalism’s graveyard. ‘UDF’s secular fortitude defines our state’s destiny,’ he affirmed.