<p>Thiruvananthapuram: While Congress top leader Priyanka Gandhi has joined the campaign in the by-poll to Nilambur assembly seat at Malappuram in Kerala, the CPM is stepping up attacks against the Congress for accepting the support of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind backed political outfit Welfare Party.</p><p>A road show by Gandhi at Nilambur on Sunday to campaign for Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath witnessed huge participation from party supporters braving the heavy rains.</p> .<p>Nilambur, which is going to the by-poll on June 19, is part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat represented by Priyanka in the Lok Sabha.</p><p>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan strongly criticised the Congress for accepting support of the Welfare Party.</p> .<p>"The Congress is accepting the support of a party backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind which was kept away by all Muslim outfits owing to their communal ideologies. It shows the Congress's desperation," VIjayan said while addressing a campaign meeting for CPM candidate M Swaraj.</p> <p>Congress leader V D Satheesan reiterated that Vijayan was trying to divert attention from failures of his government. He also said that the CPM had earlier accepted Welfare Party's support.</p><p>Priyanka too accused the left front government in Kerala of paying welfare pension dues to the weaker section during election time and thereby politicising it.</p><p>She also stressed the need to find effective solution for man-animal conflict to ensure safety of people. The left front government failed to understand the people's needs, she said.</p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: While Congress top leader Priyanka Gandhi has joined the campaign in the by-poll to Nilambur assembly seat at Malappuram in Kerala, the CPM is stepping up attacks against the Congress for accepting the support of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind backed political outfit Welfare Party.</p><p>A road show by Gandhi at Nilambur on Sunday to campaign for Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath witnessed huge participation from party supporters braving the heavy rains.</p> .<p>Nilambur, which is going to the by-poll on June 19, is part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat represented by Priyanka in the Lok Sabha.</p><p>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan strongly criticised the Congress for accepting support of the Welfare Party.</p> .<p>"The Congress is accepting the support of a party backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind which was kept away by all Muslim outfits owing to their communal ideologies. It shows the Congress's desperation," VIjayan said while addressing a campaign meeting for CPM candidate M Swaraj.</p> <p>Congress leader V D Satheesan reiterated that Vijayan was trying to divert attention from failures of his government. He also said that the CPM had earlier accepted Welfare Party's support.</p><p>Priyanka too accused the left front government in Kerala of paying welfare pension dues to the weaker section during election time and thereby politicising it.</p><p>She also stressed the need to find effective solution for man-animal conflict to ensure safety of people. The left front government failed to understand the people's needs, she said.</p>