Taking a jibe over former Congress chief Padmaja Venugopal, who’s the daughter of former Chief Minister Okay Karunakaran and joined the BJP, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan stated that if the BJP wins, it’ll stay within the authorities, but when the grand previous celebration wins, it’d align with the saffron celebration.
Vijayan stated this on the inaugurated the Trivandrum district LDF election conference on Saturday.
Addressing the occasion, the Chief Minister stated, “If the BJP wins, the party will remain. However, if Congress wins, tomorrow they might align with the BJP.”
He underscored the need of amending the Wildlife Act for a complete decision to wildlife assaults in Kerala.
“Amendments are essential for any intervention to take place. The Wildlife Act was enacted during the era of Indira Gandhi and subsequently strengthened by Jairam Ramesh. Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi did not address the issue of wildlife attacks in Kerala during his parliamentary interventions,” he stated.
The Kerala Chief Minister criticised the 18 elected Congress MPs, stating that Kerala’s voice has considerably diminished in Parliament over the past 5 years resulting from their lack of collective motion.
Earlier on Thursday, Vijayan criticised the Congress celebration over their leaders becoming a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and requested on which aspect the 11 former Congress chief ministers at the moment are. Pinarayi Vijayan was inaugurating the Kannur district LDF election conference.
“Some people are confused. what is the difference between Congress and the other group? Is there a difference? Where are Congress leaders standing now? On which side are 11 former Congress Chief Ministers now? They are with the BJP leadership. Ashok Chavan, Amarinder Singh, Digambar Kamat, SM Krishna, Vijay Bahuguna, Kiran Kumar Reddy, ND Tiwari, Jagadambika Pal, Pema Khandu, Narayan Rane, and Girdhar Gamang. That’s the 11 of them. How many more? Nobody can predict that. Can anybody of you say? This is Congress’ condition,” Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan stated.
“BJP is standing with open arms. They are ready to accept anyone. They are giving enough money and positions as per their needs. Just like those creatures who run after the bone crumbs that you throw at them. That is the way of Congressmen,” the Kerala CM added.
First Published: Mar 10 2024 | 7:15 AM IST
