Kozhikode (Kerala), May 3: LDF convenor T P Ramakrishnan on Sunday said the “false narrative” being spread by the UDF that the Left front was headed for defeat in the Assembly elections would collapse once the results are announced.
The Assembly elections in Kerala were held on April 9 and the results will be declared on May 4.
Speaking to reporters here, Ramakrishnan said a similar campaign had been mounted by the opposition after the 2021 Assembly polls, when the UDF had claimed that several LDF leaders would lose, only for the results to prove otherwise.
He said exit poll assessments had gone wrong on several occasions in both national and state-level elections.
“The LDF will secure a decisive victory. The claims made by the Congress and UDF will end on Monday when the results are announced. We are confident that the CPI(M)-led LDF will retain power,” he said.
Ramakrishnan said discussions on victory and defeat within parties after an election were normal, but alleged that the UDF had gone beyond that by openly debating its chief ministerial candidate even before the results.
“Beyond routine discussions, UDF leaders are now openly debating the chief minister’s post. At the same time, the Indian Union Muslim League has said it will accept whatever the Congress decides. Such a situation has not emerged before in Kerala politics,” he said.
He alleged that the UDF had projected a narrative of victory out of anxiety over an impending defeat. “The real picture will be clear when the results are announced,” he said.
