Briefing presspersons after a meeting of the LDF State committee here on Monday, the front's convener, Com. Vaikom Viswan, said the campaign would focus on telling the people of the State about the good things the LDF government in the State had done during its term.
The LDF MLAs, members of the local bodies and State leaders would observe a dharna in front of the Raj Bhavan on Thursday protesting against the Union government's policies that had “made inflation and price increase uncontrollable.” The LDF volunteers would hold torchlight processions in various places in the State that evening.
Feeder organisations of the LDF parties would hold conventions at all levels to mobilise themselves for the campaign. Their conventions would be over by mid-February.
They would be followed by two ‘jathas,' one led by Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan from Kasaragod and the other led by Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran from Ernakulam. The one from Kasaragod travelling south to Thrissur district would be inaugurated by Communist Party of India State secretary Com. C.K. Chandrappan and the other from Ernakulam travelling south to Thiruvananthapuram district by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. These ‘jathas' would start on February 16 and, together, would cover all the Assembly constituencies in the State, Mr. Viswan said.
He said the mega corruption in 2G Spectrum allocation and the Commonwealth Games would be placed in their proper dimension before the people of the State during the campaign. The issue of Central neglect towards the State, as manifested in the lack of railway development and cuts imposed on rice quota, would figure in the campaign.
Com. V S Achuthanandan presided over the meeting. The next LDF meeting would be on February 9, Mr. Viswan said.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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