Vinay Kumar
NEW DELHI: The term “BJP B team” has emerged as a central allegation as both major fronts, the incumbent LDF and the main opposition bloc UDF—trade accusations in Kerala, drawing parallels with the distant third party and the state’s leading BJP.At a poll rally in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta, Rahul Gandhi launched a heavy charge, saying, “LDF is completely supported by BJP.” This came days after LDF face and Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan labelled the Congress-led UDF as the “BJP B team” in poll-bound Kerala.
Rahul Gandhi sharply criticised the incumbent Left government, stating, “The LDF does not behave like a left front in Kerala… It is no longer a left government, but a corporate-funded government…”He added, “We are fighting here in the elections against the LDF which is completely supported by the BJP. On one side is UDF and on the other side is the combination of the LDF and BJP… There is a hidden hand of the BJP in the Kerala elections and it does not want the UDF here because they know the only force that challenges them in the country is the Congress party.”Rahul further claimed, “BJP knows that if they are in power in Delhi, then any LDF government in Kerala is fully under their control… The first proof of this is that the people who fight the BJP get attacked and threatened by them. I myself have been attacked, and have 36 cases against me… There is no attack on the CM of Kerala by the BJP.”“The truth is that Narendra Modi is compromised by Donald Trump and everyone knows it. The same way, Narendra Modi controls your Chief Minister. Pinarayi Vijayan is controlled by his corruption,” he saidRahul also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring the Sabarimala gold theft in his Palakkad address on Sunday. “In every speech, he talks about temples and religion, but somehow, he forgot about what happened in Sabarimala. He forgot that the left front leaders took the gold of the Ayyappa temple and replaced it with brass,” Rahul said.He accused the Left government of abandoning its ideological roots, calling it a “corporate-funded government.” “The LDF does not behave like a left front in Kerala. It is no longer a left government, but a corporate-funded government,” he added.
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Last week, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan made a similar charge, lambasting Rahul Gandhi and the Congress as the BJP’s “B-team”:“Rahul Gandhi is a national leader, yet he lacks the basic awareness of even a common local Congress worker in Kerala; he simply refuses to learn from experience or mistakes. It is hard to understand how such a downfall is happening to him,” he said.“Rahul Gandhi and his Congress are the ‘B-team’ of the BJP in the country, and yet their stance is being adopted across India,” he added.
