BJP slams Rahul, calls him a ‘migrant leader’ who has taken refuge in Kerala after being rejected in Amethi | India News – Times of India

THRISSUR: BJP on Tuesday attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, calling him a “migrant leader” who has taken “shelter” in Kerala after being rejected by folks of Amethi, as soon as a stronghold of his household.
Targeting Gandhi, who represents Kerala’s Wayanad seat in Lok Sabha, on the Sabarimala girls entry concern, senior BJP chief and Union minister Pralhad Joshi claimed that the nationwide management and state management of the Congress have taken two totally different stands on the matter.
He urged Gandhi to clear his place on the difficulty of religion.
In a bid to woo Christian votes in the state, Joshi, who is the get together’s election incharge for Kerala, additionally cited the “appeasement of Islamist fundamentalists” by the Congress and ruling Left in the state whereas raking up the difficulty of conversion of the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque in Turkey.
In this context, he cited the assertion of a chief of Muslim League, a key Congress ally, reportedly favouring the Turkish President Erdogan’s controversial determination.
Addressing a press convention right here to focus on the preparations for the BJP’s ‘Vijay Yatra’ from Kasaragod on February 21, Joshi claimed Rahul Gandhi was a migrant chief who did nothing for the event of Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh regardless of being elected thrice from there.
“There was no development.In fact, there was no X-Ray machine in the public health facility in his constituency,” Joshi alleged.
He stated after being rejected by the folks there, Gandhi has now taken “shelter” in Kerala and claimed folks of the state may even perceive that by supporting Congress get together, they don’t seem to be going to realize something.
On the Sabarimala concern, the BJP chief alleged Gandhi supported the Supreme Court verdict granting entry of girls of all age teams into the traditional hill shrine.However, the state management of the Congress took a totally different stand on the matter, he stated.
This reveals that they haven’t any dedication in the direction of Hindu sentiments, Joshi alleged.
“So far Rahul Gandhi has not uttered a single word on Sabarimala.I challenge Rahul Gandhi….what is your stand on the issue? You clarify your stand,” he stated.
Accusing the Congress of indulging in appeasement of Islamist fundamentalists in Kerala, the BJP chief alleged senior IUML chief Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal had justified the Turkey authorities’s controversial conversion of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
The BJP chief additionally attacked the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala and the earlier Congress-led UDF authorities, alleging each had failed to deal with the problems of the folks.
“We will expose the failures of the LDF government and previous UDF government.Both the LDF and the UDF have failed miserably,” Joshi stated.
He stated Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will flag-off the get together’s Vijay Yatra, led by state president Ok Surendran, at Kasargod on February 21.
Senior get together chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the yatra when it reaches Thiruvananthapuram on March 7, he added.