Cong helps BJP by handing over the regime to safron party, Kerala CM

Kerala Chief Minister and Marxist veteran Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday , an ally of the INDIA bloc, asserting that its leaders were defecting to BJP, thus tarnishing its reliability at a critical juncture when secular forces confront the saffron party’s dominance in the country.Launching an election campaign in Wayanad, where senior CPI leader Annie Raja is contesting against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and BJP chief K Surendran, Vijayan lambasted the grand old party for its perceived unreliability.“Twelve former chief ministers, numerous state congress chiefs, former union ministers, senior AICC leaders, numerous MLAs, MPs from Congress have joined BJP in the last five years,” Vijayan said.
Urging the Congress to think about its stance toward various BJP’s policies, Vijayan cautioned against the Congress inadvertently aiding the the saffron party’s ascent to power.In many states, we have seen Congress coming to power and then handing over the regime to the BJP,” he said, referring to the changes that had happened in certain states after Congress won elections there with a comfortable margin.The senior Left leader cited the examples of various states, including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Goa and Madhya Pradesh where the Congress was elected to power but the BJP grabbed the MLAs and formed the government.