#KeralaPolls2026: I do not know how the chief minister is making such allegations when the data suggests that it is the CPI(M) and the LDF that are in cahoots with the BJP and the NDA – Sachin Pilot, Congress Party’s Election Observer

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Ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has alleged that the BJP-led alliance is “facilitating” the retention of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in Kerala, and that “data” suggests the LDF is in “cahoots” with the NDA.

In an interview with PTI Videos, Pilot, who is the Congress’s senior election observer for the Kerala polls, accused Chief Minister Vijayan of secretly working with the BJP for personal benefit, particularly to avoid corruption investigations.

He said that the efforts of the CPI(M) and the BJP would not succeed as the “people have seen through the fallacy and falsehood.”

The Congress leader was responding to a query regarding Vijayan’s allegations, made in an interview with PTI Videos recently, that the Congress is acting as a B-team of the BJP in the state.

“I do not know how the chief minister is making such allegations when the data suggests that it is the CPI(M) and the LDF that are in cahoots with the BJP and the NDA. Even today, the NDA’s participation in the Kerala elections appears to be aimed purely at facilitating the LDF’s return to power.

“The BJP has little at stake; it has votes in some areas which it is trying to divert to Left candidates so that they can secure a third term, which is not going to happen,” Pilot said.

In his interview, Vijayan had slammed the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of being the “B-team of the BJP”.

He said this in response to a query regarding Rahul Gandhi’s recent remark that central agencies have arrested or summoned for questioning other opposition leaders in the country, except the Kerala Chief Minister.

Pilot’s Criticism of the Left Government
Escalating his attack on the Left government, Pilot said that the Left government and the BJP-led Centre have worked together for the last 10 years, and that he has not seen any demonstration, protest, agitation, petition or opposition from the CPI(M)-led alliance against the prime minister or the BJP.

“You know, so many tragedies have happened. The Wayanad tragedy happened. They asked for hundreds of crores, but we received only a loan. Did the Left parties go and sit on a dharna outside the prime minister’s residence? It was Priyanka ji and all the MPs of the UDF who went and protested against the Government of India,” he said.

“So it is one thing to say such things while receiving political support, and then make allegations. I think the chief minister is actually at a loss as to how to defend his 10 years of governance, and therefore, he is making these absolutely baseless allegations,” the Congress leader said.