The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has said a possible setback in the Nilambur Assembly bypoll in Kerala would cause the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance to “implode.”
CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan told reporters on Friday that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leadership had expressed annoyance at “the ham-handed manner” in which the Congress handled the campaign, including a marked lack of tact in placating potential allies and turning them into enemies instead.
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He said senior Congress leaders’ open criticism of the younger leadership’s juvenile publicity stunts and political gimmickry exposed the deep fissures in the party.
“Their palpable bitterness foreshadowed the next bout of self-destructive factional fighting in the Congress ahead of the local body polls in 2025 and the Assembly elections in 2026”, Mr. Govindan added.
