Overview
- CPI(M) Kerala secretary M. V. Govindan said the Congress failed to hold together a broad anti-BJP alliance in Bihar, hurting the opposition’s prospects.
- He alleged the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision led to targeted deletions from the voters’ list and claimed doubts persisted about electronic voting machine integrity.
- Govindan accused the Bihar government of announcing a ₹10,000 cash transfer after the model code took effect and said the Commission ignored opposition protests.
- The Kerala government and CPI(M) will file separate petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the SIR process in Kerala, while urging voters to verify their entries on the rolls.
- Kerala Congress chief Sunny Joseph rejected the CPI(M)’s charges, questioned the Left’s commitment to the INDIA bloc, and defended AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal.