CM Pinarayi Vijayan comes out against opinion polls

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has come out against all the opinion

polls

conducted by the various media groups. “They do not represent the realities of the state. The LDF will win 18 seats in the

Lok Sabha

election,” said Pinarayi Vijayan while speaking at an

election

convention in the state capital.


The surveys are nothing but an attempt to help those who have little chances in the elections. But these surveys are not going to benefit them as the reality is different. Those who have no relevance in Kerala are not going to gain with these surveys, he said.

In Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency there is a popular sentiment that the LDF candidate is going to win. But it has upset several quarters and hence there has been a calculated ploy with the support of the media to create a different impression. However, it is not going to upset the LDF and our candidate C Divakaran is going to win here, said the chief minister.

He alleged that in the elections political parties are trying various tricks to propagate their supremacy. For this, some are using the media houses also. Some political parties are influencing the media houses and the BJP is known for it. The Congress is also known for it, he said. tnn