A PERPLEXED MUSLIM LEAGUE

As the Nava Kerala March is advancing in Malappuram district, it is seen that the intolerance and panic of IUML is on the increase. The League which has become weak in all respects has lost the minimum decency a political party has to exhibit. The swing in the political stand of the people of Malappuram district which was once described as the fortress of Muslim League is sufficient reason for such a panic. Muslim League was found acting this way right from the day the state conference of CPI(M) was held in Malappuram. League fortresses were fallen and the LDF has advanced much in the last Loksabha, Panchayath and Assembly elections. That trend is continuing with more vigour.
The number of people participating in each meeting point of Nava Kerala March is the proof for the political change and hence gives sleepless nights for the League.
CPI(M) is increasing its support from the people not by any gimmicks but by earnest efforts to take up and solve the real issues facing people. The blatant lies spread by the League and its misdeeds to tarnish the image of the Nava Kerala March in Malappuram is the evidence for the fact that the League has not yet understood the real reason for the growth of CPI(M) as its pro-people programs and that people cannot be fooled for long by communal, parochial and such other narrow issues. But, the march that covered the 12 constituencies of the district has proved that such oppositions has only made the party workers and the mass of people who keep the party in high esteem more enthusiastic.
League is mere on lookers when the globalisation makes the life of the people miserable. But, the government led by the CPI(M) is trying to formulate and implement alternate policies within the limitations. The results are visible in the state. The intervention in agriculture sector could arrest the suicide tendency among the farmers in the state. Rs. 80.31 Crores could be brought to the government exchequer as a result of the measures taken to strengthen the Public Sector Units by renovating them. The government has strengthened and spread its welfare measures to more areas as against the globalisation policy of curtailing the welfare activities. The decision to raise the welfare pensions to Rs. 200 was part of this measure. The shops and establishment act is yet another one. Government has finalised the project for constructing and providing seven lakh (7,00,000) new houses. Rs. 5000 Crores is set apart for providing house-plots and constructing houses for those belonging to schedule casts and scheduled tribes. As part of it, government has decided to make the EMS housing scheme more effective one with people's participation. This period has witnessed a number of initiatives in health and education sectors to improve the quality. Government has taken measures on a war footing to salvage the state from the financial crisis which it was reeling under. Efficient intervention to control the price-rise when it was shooting up due to the policies of the Central Government including the petroleum price hike. The program for devolution of power could be guided in the correct direction.
Government has engaged itself in measures to get the due share of resources from the Central Government. Coach Factory at Palghat, Vizhinjam project, Vallarpadam container terminal etc are part of this. Government was able to finalise the smart city project too. Tens of thousands of fishermen could be saved from the days of starvation. The law and order situation was streamlined so that the state could be freed from communal clashes and cities saved from anti-social elements. Policy for breaking the very base of terrorism was initiated. The period has witnessed quantum leap forward in new development areas including tourism. As mentioned earlier, what the CPI(M) and LDF is trying is not to swim with the current as the proponents of globalisation but to formulate alternate policies and programs by weathering the adverse conditions created by it. These are not issues that could be understood by League. They are continuing the old track of creating political mileage by organising the people on emotional platforms by repeatedly spreading lies. The shameless attempt of League in generating controversy over the initiative of LDF government to set up the Off Campus Centre of Aligarh Muslim University in Malappuram district is part of this attitude. The emerging picture of Malappuram is that of the people realising and responding to such crookedness. It is sure that this response of the people is unbearable to the Indian Union Muslim League.