Missing party flags at Rahul roadshow: Kerala CM says Congress afraid of BJP; Vijayan helping PM Modi, claims grand old party | India News – Times of India
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NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state Congress leaders on Thursday traded barbs accusing each other of being afraid of the BJP. Vijayan said Congress and IUML flags were not used at Rahul Gandhi‘s road show in Wayanad yesterday as the grand old party was scared of the BJP. This evoked a sharp retort from the Congress leaders who alleged that Vijayan was afraid of Prime Minister Modi and was trying to please him.
Chief minister Vijayan questioned the absence of party flags at Rahul’s roadshow and said: “The Congress party wants vote of IUML, but not their flag and for that, it decided to forego even its own flag.This act doesn’t augur well.”
Targeting the grand old party he said, “They got scared of the BJP because in 2019 when Rahul came to file his nomination papers, the green flags of IUML and the Congress flags were tied together at the roadshow. The BJP used these pictures to campaign in north India stating that these were Pakistani flags. Do the Congress leaders here know what their party flag used to depict during the pre-independence struggle?”
Vijayan also accused the Congress of helping BJP gain majority in Rajya Sabha and questioned the decision to field K C Venugopal, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, from Alappuzha.
“Even though he has two more years before his term ends, he decided to contest from Alappuzha and this was done to ensure that in case he wins, then a by-election to the Upper House from Rajasthan will be held and the BJP will win it. At the moment the BJP doesn’t have a majority in the Upper House and is short by four seats. This is being done to help the BJP, but the people at Alappuzha (where Venugopal is contesting) will ensure that his seat is intact in the Upper House as he will be defeated here,” CM Vijayan said.
Congress leaders reacted sharply to Vijayan’s remarks.
Venugopal hit back at Vijayan and said that the chief minister need not worry about what the Congress party does and instead, he should be more worried about the way Kerala has slid down on all fronts. “Has anyone ever heard CM Vijayan attacking PM Modiinstead he attacks Rahul Gandhi and all knows why he is doing this,” said Venugopal.
Leader of opposition in state assembly and Congress leader V D Satheesan said CM Vijayan need not be overly concerned about the Congress party. “CM Vijayan should be more worried about his party and the Congress doesn’t require any advice from him. CM Vijayan is afraid of PM Modi and all his acts of attacking the Congress party is to help PM Modi and keep him in good humour,” said Satheesan.
The two parties are partners at the national level as part of opposition INDIA bloc, but are bitter rivals in the state. The Left front has strongly objected to Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad instead of taking on the BJP in Hindi heartland.
Chief minister Vijayan questioned the absence of party flags at Rahul’s roadshow and said: “The Congress party wants vote of IUML, but not their flag and for that, it decided to forego even its own flag.This act doesn’t augur well.”
Targeting the grand old party he said, “They got scared of the BJP because in 2019 when Rahul came to file his nomination papers, the green flags of IUML and the Congress flags were tied together at the roadshow. The BJP used these pictures to campaign in north India stating that these were Pakistani flags. Do the Congress leaders here know what their party flag used to depict during the pre-independence struggle?”
Vijayan also accused the Congress of helping BJP gain majority in Rajya Sabha and questioned the decision to field K C Venugopal, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, from Alappuzha.
“Even though he has two more years before his term ends, he decided to contest from Alappuzha and this was done to ensure that in case he wins, then a by-election to the Upper House from Rajasthan will be held and the BJP will win it. At the moment the BJP doesn’t have a majority in the Upper House and is short by four seats. This is being done to help the BJP, but the people at Alappuzha (where Venugopal is contesting) will ensure that his seat is intact in the Upper House as he will be defeated here,” CM Vijayan said.
Congress leaders reacted sharply to Vijayan’s remarks.
Venugopal hit back at Vijayan and said that the chief minister need not worry about what the Congress party does and instead, he should be more worried about the way Kerala has slid down on all fronts. “Has anyone ever heard CM Vijayan attacking PM Modiinstead he attacks Rahul Gandhi and all knows why he is doing this,” said Venugopal.
Leader of opposition in state assembly and Congress leader V D Satheesan said CM Vijayan need not be overly concerned about the Congress party. “CM Vijayan should be more worried about his party and the Congress doesn’t require any advice from him. CM Vijayan is afraid of PM Modi and all his acts of attacking the Congress party is to help PM Modi and keep him in good humour,” said Satheesan.
The two parties are partners at the national level as part of opposition INDIA bloc, but are bitter rivals in the state. The Left front has strongly objected to Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad instead of taking on the BJP in Hindi heartland.
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