Overview
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged the Congress-led UDF is ready to give Jamaat-e-Islami a clean certificate to forge new alliances during the local body elections.
- Vijayan argued the group has limited backing among Muslim voters due to its ideology and past reluctance to engage in democratic processes.
- He accused both the RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami of deploying repeated falsehoods to mislead the public and target the Left.
- Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar claimed the CPI(M)-led LDF and the UDF alike benefit from Jamaat-e-Islami’s support and urged voters to back the NDA.
- Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan denied any formal pact with Jamaat-e-Islami but said the UDF has accepted its election-time support since 2019, as phase two of polling follows the first-round vote in seven southern districts.