Rahul Alleges Kerala CM Linked To Those Attacking Minorities

Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the ruling LDF in Keralam and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in a partnership with people who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country. 

Addressing an election gathering here, Gandhi reiterated his allegation of a BJP–LDF understanding and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking about the Sabarimala issue during the election campaign.

Referring to former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, who shared the stage with



the Congress leader, Gandhi said his presence reflected a deeper shift within the CPI(M)-led LDF. Sudhakaran is contesting as an Independent with UDF support from Ambalapuzha. 

"We have a senior Left leader on the stage. There is a reason he is sitting here. It is not that he has suddenly changed his thinking. People who spend many years in a political organisation absorb its values. 

He is not here out of opportunism. He is here because something fundamental has happened to the LDF," Gandhi said.