NCP is Confident of backing of uncommitted voters in kerala, says Murali

The Nava Sandesha Yatra led by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) continued its journey through Kozhikode district on Wednesday with its leader and NCP State president K. Muraleedharan exuding confidence that his party would be able win in a large measure the confidence of uncommitted voters who are capable of deciding outcome of elections in the State.

By Tuesday night, the Yatra had covered 24 Assembly constituencies, after it was flagged off from Manjeswaram Assembly constituency in Kasaragod district on February 14.

“As much as 40 per cent of voters in Kerala have no fixed political loyalty. They are neither with Left Democratic Front or United Democratic Front. In our perception they would support our stand on various issues,” Mr. Muraleedharan claimed, while speaking to mediapersons before resuming the Yatra through Kozhikode on Wednesday morning.

NCP leaders organising the programme K. Pravin Kumar and M.P. Suryanarayanan said the public response to the Nava Sandesha Yatra has been enthusiastic. “Public participation has exceeded our expectations. There were large crowds even at meetings held late in the night in interior places even though the CPI(M)’s Nava Kerala Yatra and the Kerala Samrakshana Yatra of the Congress passed through these places only very recently,” they said.

Mr. Muraleedharan had been reminding his audience at public meetings that the very survival of NCP as a political force to be reckoned with against heavy odds was the best testimonial to its strength and mass support.