UDF has now totally disintegrated, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Kerala Congress (M) parting ways with the Congress-led UDF signify the "total disintegration" of the opposition front, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said.

"We had said this before the Assembly elections itself that the UDF's three pillars-- Congress, IUML and KC-M--will disintegrate after the (Assembly) polls. It has happened now. But none believed us then," he told reporters.

KC-M supremo and former state finance minister, K M Mani, had recently severed three-decade old ties with the UDF, citing "insults and humiliations" meted out to the party leadership. He had said that his party would keep equal distance from UDF, LDF and BJP-NDA. He (Mani) had also stated that if they (UDF, LDF, BJP-NDA) do good, he would appreciate them which means they see goodness even in NDA, Vijayan said.

RSS which controls the NDA-BJP had initiated the 'Gharwapsi' (home coming) campaign under which re-conversions to Hinduism had taken place, he said. "The Christian community had been attacked and was the worst hit," he said, adding Mani's stand would pave the way for KC-M's "total collapse".

On the UDF MLAs' convention held today in front of the secretariat against the "anti-people" policies of the Left government, the Kerala Chief Minister said the agitation was to save their face.