INDIA allies CPM, Cong trade allegations on CAA
ALAPPUZHA: The ruling CPM in Kerala and the opposition Congress, both part of the INDIA bloc, on Sunday traded allegations against each other on various issues, including CAA and the recent Kannur blast, as the LS poll campaign intensified in the state.
At a LDF public meeting in Mavelikkara Lok Sabha constituency, Kerala CM Vijayan reiterated his accusations of Congress being silent on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and various central government policies that are against the interests of the state.
He contended the Congress never opposed the Central government policies that are financially choking the state and obstructing its welfare measures.
Vijayan went on to claim that the past experience of the country has been that the Congress’ stand was always similar to that of BJP and, therefore, they cannot be trusted to oppose the saffron party.
CM Vijayan further alleged the
BJP government at the Centre is actually taking forward the “anti-people policies of the earlier UPA-II government.”
Hitting back at the CPM and Vijayan, Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly V D Satheesan referred to the recent bomb blast in Kannur that claimed the life of one person and remarked that the Left party was no different from terrorist organisations that train their cadres in making explosives. Congress has been alleging the CPM workers were involved in the blast in which three persons were also injured and four others have been arrested.
CPM has claimed that all those involved in the incident were sidelined from the party as they had attacked workers of the Left political organisation in the past.
CPM state secretary MV Govindan continued to deny allegations of the party’s involvement in the incident.
On being asked why local CPM leaders went to the house of the person who died in the blast, Govindansaid he did not know about that.