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Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) today constituted a committee chaired by Vakkom Purushothaman to study the reasons for the below-par victory of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the last Assembly elections in the state.Addressing a press conference after the KPCC Executive meeting here, KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala said the other two members of the three-member committee were A C Jose and V S Vijayaraghavan.
The meeting, convened first time after the victory of the UDF in the state, discussed various poll related issues, including selection of candidates, reasons for poor electoral performance, lack of co-ordination between its allies, he added.
Overconfidence among the rank and file of the UDF in the wake of its thumping victory in Parliamentary and the panchayat elections could have narrowed the victory margin, he said.
The misleading propaganda unleashed against the Front by the LDF could also have affected the UDF's performance, he said.
However, Mr Chennithala pooh-poohed the theory that the ''VS factor'' (former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan) led to the below-par performance of the UDF.
Alleging that Mr Achuthanandan had done nothing during his five year tenure, he said the CPI(M)-led LDF had got only 68 seats this time, down from 100 in the 2006 Assembly polls, which showed that the people were disenchanted with its rule.
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The meeting, convened first time after the victory of the UDF in the state, discussed various poll related issues, including selection of candidates, reasons for poor electoral performance, lack of co-ordination between its allies, he added.
Overconfidence among the rank and file of the UDF in the wake of its thumping victory in Parliamentary and the panchayat elections could have narrowed the victory margin, he said.
The misleading propaganda unleashed against the Front by the LDF could also have affected the UDF's performance, he said.
However, Mr Chennithala pooh-poohed the theory that the ''VS factor'' (former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan) led to the below-par performance of the UDF.
Alleging that Mr Achuthanandan had done nothing during his five year tenure, he said the CPI(M)-led LDF had got only 68 seats this time, down from 100 in the 2006 Assembly polls, which showed that the people were disenchanted with its rule.
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