PM Modi says Congress and Communists are ‘best friends forever’ in national politics and imaginary foes in Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] were “best friends forever” in national politics while feigning as enemies in Kerala.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] were “best friends forever” in national politics while feigning as foes in Kerala.

Addressing a public rally marking the conclusion of Kerala BJP president K. Surendran’s Statewide campaign ‘Kerala Padayatra’ in Thiruvananthapuram on February 27 (Tuesday), Mr. Modi said the Congress and the CPI(M) have shadowboxed their way to power one after another in Kerala for decades.

Mr. Modi said the “Congress-Communist revolving door politics” was Kerala’s bane. He urged voters to see through the “elaborate political hoax” and vote for the BJP as a game-changing third alternative.

“The Congress says the Chief Minister (of Kerala) is corrupt and a fascist in Thiruvananthapuram. Both INDIA bloc allies confront each other on the streets in Kerala and accuse each other of political violence. However, as INDIA bloc allies in New Delhi, they speak a different language over tea and biscuits”, Mr Modi said.

Mr. Modi chided Communists for metamorphosising as “ambassadors for the Congress’ dynastic politics”. He said the CPI(M) had evolved as the subaltern part of an “entitled family” that sought political power.

“The Congress and Communists seek to sacrifice the national interest on the altar of the family’s political ambitions. They want the country to genuflect to the family”, Mr Modi said.

Mr. Modi sought to dispel the CPI(M)‘s narrative that the Centre discriminated against Kerala and infringed on fiscal federalism.