04-22-2006, 06:27 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Weakening of UPA will help BJP: Moily
Staff Reporter
<i>`LDF should reform itself before preparing to guide a State to development'
REVIEWING CAMPAIGN: AICC observer Veerappa Moily talking to Muslim League leaders E. Ahamed, P.K. Kunhalikutty and Abdussamad Samadani at Panakkad, near Malappuram, on Friday</i>.
MALAPPURAM: All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer for Kerala Veerappa Moily has warned that any attempt by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to weaken the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will benefit communal forces, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Responding to CPI(M) national general secretary Prakash Karat's statement that the results of the upcoming State elections would strengthen the Left to check the UPA Government at the Centre, Mr. Moily said the Left would be serving the interests of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance by turning against the UPA. He was addressing a meet-the-press organised by the Malappuram Press Club here on Friday.
<i>Programmes cancelled</i>
He said he had cancelled several of his programmes following the death of Muslim League State president Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal's wife Shareefa Fathima Beevi.
Mr. Moily criticised the LDF for continuing its alliance with the Janata Dal, which rules Karnataka in partnership with the BJP, and tying up with communal organisations such as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Jama'at-e-Islami.
The CPI(M) is no longer secular, he said. "It has started giving company to communal forces," he said.
<i>LDF criticised</i>
Mr. Moily said the LDF should reform itself first; only then it will be able to steer a State to development.
"The LDF is in an isolation camp. It should come out of that camp, and talk about development," he said.
Describing Opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan as a leader unfit for the present times, Mr. Moily said that his `negative statements' on the Smart City project would retard the growth of the State.
<i>Incompatibilities in surveys</i>
He said the recent election surveys were bogus. According to him, the surveys had several incompatibilities.
H. Viswanath, former Karnataka Minister for Education, accompanied Mr. Moily. District Congress Committee secretary Mangalam Gopinath and KPCC secretary K.P.A. Majeed also attended the meet-the-press. Press Club secretary V.M. Subair welcomed the gathering.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Staff Reporter
<i>`LDF should reform itself before preparing to guide a State to development'
REVIEWING CAMPAIGN: AICC observer Veerappa Moily talking to Muslim League leaders E. Ahamed, P.K. Kunhalikutty and Abdussamad Samadani at Panakkad, near Malappuram, on Friday</i>.
MALAPPURAM: All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer for Kerala Veerappa Moily has warned that any attempt by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to weaken the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will benefit communal forces, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Responding to CPI(M) national general secretary Prakash Karat's statement that the results of the upcoming State elections would strengthen the Left to check the UPA Government at the Centre, Mr. Moily said the Left would be serving the interests of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance by turning against the UPA. He was addressing a meet-the-press organised by the Malappuram Press Club here on Friday.
<i>Programmes cancelled</i>
He said he had cancelled several of his programmes following the death of Muslim League State president Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal's wife Shareefa Fathima Beevi.
Mr. Moily criticised the LDF for continuing its alliance with the Janata Dal, which rules Karnataka in partnership with the BJP, and tying up with communal organisations such as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Jama'at-e-Islami.
The CPI(M) is no longer secular, he said. "It has started giving company to communal forces," he said.
<i>LDF criticised</i>
Mr. Moily said the LDF should reform itself first; only then it will be able to steer a State to development.
"The LDF is in an isolation camp. It should come out of that camp, and talk about development," he said.
Describing Opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan as a leader unfit for the present times, Mr. Moily said that his `negative statements' on the Smart City project would retard the growth of the State.
<i>Incompatibilities in surveys</i>
He said the recent election surveys were bogus. According to him, the surveys had several incompatibilities.
H. Viswanath, former Karnataka Minister for Education, accompanied Mr. Moily. District Congress Committee secretary Mangalam Gopinath and KPCC secretary K.P.A. Majeed also attended the meet-the-press. Press Club secretary V.M. Subair welcomed the gathering.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->