Welfare Party’s Kerala Unit To Support Congress-Led UDF In All 20 Seats

Repeating its stand from the last Lok Sabha elections, the Welfare Party of India (WFI)’s Kerala unit has decided to support all 20 candidates of Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state. A statement from the Kerala unit of Welfare Party said the decision has been taken to make Congress the largest party with more seats, though it’s national consensus is to support the INDIA alliance wherever possible.

The party has announced its decision as two INDIA alliance national partners are in contest in the southern state of India will vote on April 26, during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The party said that the 18 the Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in a social situation where the federal system, the independent existence of the constitutional institutions and constitution itself is at its last breath. It warned that if the Sangh Parivar led BJP government comes to power one more time, it is non-questionable that India will remain a democratic country.

The sate committee of the party in statement said that future of the democratic India is going to be decided by the upcoming general election. It said the incumbent government, led by RSS, BJP, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah has been destroying the democratic-secular foundation of India and has been trying to turn India into a complete elite Hindutva state step-by-step.

The party said that the BJP government has ravaged all sectors of the country by implementing its strong elitist Hindutva stance and corporate Cronyism, thus making the livelihood of the entire population of the nation extremely difficult, except for a handful of corporates and elite racists.

The statement added that the Muslim-Christian and Dalit-Tribal communities of India are living under extreme insecure conditions. It highlighted how the Modi government has been silent on the the “Christian genocide” that has been happening in Manipur for over a year, and how constitutional protection like reservation for the minority communities has been weakened. The party also pointed out that legislations denying the equality of the country’s citizens has become normalised in the country.

Taking a jibe at BJP’s “One Nation” manifesto, WFI said a totalitarian approach has been forced down upon the population of a country known for its diversity by imposing single culture and language.

In the statement, Kerala unit of WFI pointed out a long list of why the BJP should not be given another chance and crucial is the upcoming election. It pointed out that unemployment has reached a record high in history and poverty an suffering spiked greatly. It India has become a country with least media freedom in the world and added that India has been pushed down to the lowest level in all International indexes.

The Welfare party said free and fair election is under great challenge. It accused BJP of poaching leaders and workers of other parties to join BJP by threatening them with false cases. Welfare Party said BJP is misusing investigative agencies by setting them against non-BJP party leaders landing the latter in prison.

WFI said BJP could only be ousted by united efforts and asserted that all the secular democratic parties should come together to take down BJP from power at any cost. Expressing hope in INDIA bloc, Welfare Party Kerala said its decision to vote for the Indian National Congress comes from the fact that increased seat share will help the grand old party which is contesting from major number of seats in the INDI Alliance, which will have a greater influence for the alliance in whole. The party said it is significant for Congress to come as the single largest majority in the Parliament to oust BJP from power.