THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the Congress and its leader have historically functioned as the “B-team of the BJP", even as he dismissed charges of a “Communist Janata Party" i.e. a purported CPI(M)-BJP nexus in the state.
Responding to LoP Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of an “unholy alliance” between the BJP and CPI(M) in Kerala, CM Vijayan said it was in fact the Congress that had consistently adopted positions enabling the BJP’s rise in several states.
He accused the party of weakening broader anti-BJP coalitions and fragmenting Opposition unity at critical junctures.
“Despite being a national leader, Rahul Gandhi does not understand the ground realities even at the level of local party workers, ” CM Vijayan said, adding that he had failed to learn from repeated political setbacks.