‘If resisting communalism is called arrogance, then it will continue’: Kerala CM

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan hit out at the opposition’s accusation calling his style of functioning arrogant.

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“If resisting communal forces is called being arrogant, then this arrogance will be continued,” said Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday, emphasising that there is no change in his stand regarding the Sabarimala issue. The Kerala CM was speaking during the Assembly session at the Legislative Assembly, reiterating that he has always stood in the forefront of resisting all communal forces.

“If attempts are made to destroy the renaissance values in the state, then we will resist it with more force,” Pinarayi Vijayan added. According to a report by Deccan Chronicle, Pinarayi Vijayan said that efforts were made to destroy the secular atmosphere that was existing in the state. “We resisted this and this resistance will continue.”

The Kerala Chief Minister also said that the setback faced by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha Elections is a temporary setback and that it is an outcome of the various right wing forces and a certain section of the media misleading a section of the people to vote against the LDF.

As far as the Sabarimala issue is concerned, the Kerala CM said that the state government has only executed the verdict of the Supreme Court. As per a report by the Times of India (ToI), Pinarayi Vijayan said, “As a constitutional body, the government has to abide by the Supreme Court’s verdict. Any state government would have done what the LDF government has done.”

He also went on to ask whether a democratically elected government can block the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple when the Supreme Court has allowed them to enter. As per the TOI report, Pinarayi Vijayan was quoted to have said, “Giving protection to the women who came to Sabarimala was the responsibility of the government and it will continue to do so. It was the communal forces which tried to spark tension at Sabarimala.”

Ever since the Lok Sabha Elections results were announced, the United Democratic Front (UDF), which is the main opposition in the state have been ferociously attacking the LDF, which was routed in the polls, managing to win just one out of the 19 parliamentary seats. The UDF has claimed that the election results were the people’s reply to Pinarayi Vijayan’s “arrogant style of functioning”.

When Kerala CM was asked by the media about whether he will change his style of functioning, he replied saying, “My style will remain my style. There won’t be any changes to that. I have reached till wherever I am with this style only, and it will continue that way.”