K.C. Venugopal interview | ‘BJP’s only agenda is polarisation’ Premium
The Hindu
K.C. Venugopal, AICC general secretary (organisation), is UDF’s candidate from Alappuzha constituency in Kerala in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Affirming that PM Modi is ‘trying to divert real issues from the people’, he exudes confidence that UDF in Kerala will have a ‘clean sweep’ in the polls
K.C. Venugopal, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (organisation) and Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leader, is the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) candidate from the Alappuzha constituency in Kerala in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Venugopal, a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, represented Alappuzha in the Lower House twice from 2009 to 2019. He opted out of contesting the polls last time citing party organisational responsibilities. The UDF led by the Congress party won 19 out of 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in 2019 General Elections, except Alappuzha where it lost. With a heavyweight in the form of Mr. Venugopal, the Congress is hoping to wrest the seat from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Venugopal says: “The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is trying to divert real issues from the people. Their [the BJP and the Union government’s] only agenda is polarisation. It is going to be a clean sweep for the UDF Front in Kerala. The BJP is not going to open its account in the State.”
Excerpts from the interview:
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