The Central Committee acknowledges that minorities saw the Congress to be the only strong opponent of the BJP at the Center and notes the “arrogance of cadres – top to bottom” and “growing instances of corruption.”
One of the most significant problems facing the CPI(M)-led LDF, a month after it was soundly defeated in the Kerala Lok Sabha elections, is the “erosion” of a segment of its voter base in favor of the BJP. According to a CPI(M) Central Committee assessment of the Lok Sabha elections, the Left did not give this “sufficient attention.”
The study also holds corruption at all levels and the “arrogant behavior” of cadres from “top to bottom” accountable, claiming that these actions were “alienating” the organization’s members. The CPI(M)’s top decision-making body, the Central Committee, convened over the weekend to review reports that the state chapters of the party had put together about the 18th Lok Sabha elections.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by CPI(M) and led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, made history in 2021 when they overthrew the state’s five-year cycle of changing administrations. Three years later, the Congress is perceived as being on the rise and the BJP as making inroads into the state, but the second consecutive crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections has added to the mounting dissatisfaction over Vijayan’s leadership, which has been characterized by accusations of authoritarianism and corruption.
Similar to 2019, the Left won one seat in Kerala’s Lok Sabha elections (Alathur, CPM), while the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Congress, won eighteen. The BJP, which won Kerala for the first time ever, had the same score as the Left. The pre-poll evaluation, computations, and assertions made by the CPI(M) were shown to be entirely false.
