Kerala Assembly Polls 2026: Rahul Gandhi continues to highlight CPI(M)-BJP ‘deal’, targets Pinarayi Vijayan again

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Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, continued to invoke the Sabarimala golden theft lawsuit and the alleged “deal” betwixt the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to people Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan arsenic helium conducted roadshows and attended run events for United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates successful parts of North Kerala connected Tuesday.

Addressing a gathering of UDF workers extracurricular a stadium successful Koyilandy, astir 28 km from Kozhikode city, successful the evening, Mr. Gandhi gave “two proofs” to item the alleged collusion betwixt the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the BJP successful the upcoming Assembly elections successful the State. He was taken to the venue successful a roadshow attended by elder UDF leaders specified arsenic Indian Union Muslim League State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal.

“In each speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks astir God, religion and temples. The Left Front enactment has stolen golden from Sabarimala, the astir celebrated temple successful Kerala. They person taken golden and replaced it with brass. However, they got a cleanable chit from the State government. Mr. Modi did not notation the connection Sabarimala erstwhile helium came present due to the fact that helium wants to enactment the Chief Minister,” the Congress person alleged.

Pointing retired that cases aft cases had been slapped against him for opposing the BJP, Mr. Gandhi said that Mr. Vijayan, however, was yet to beryllium questioned though “the full of Kerala knows that helium is corrupt.”

“How travel your Chief Minister is not interrogated? How travel his children person not been interrogated? How travel the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Income Tax are not aft him? Somehow Mr. Modi is not doing thing astir it. These are the proofs for wherefore these leaders are together,” Mr. Gandhi said.

He alleged that the aforesaid mode U.S. President Donald Trump was “controlling” Mr. Modi, Mr. Modi was controlling Mr. Vijayan. “If Mr. Modi says jump, your Chief Minister volition jump. If helium says prevarication down, the Chief Minister volition prevarication down. If helium says springiness this to [Gautam] Adani, helium volition bash it. Because helium knows his corruption tin easy beryllium exposed by the Prime Minister,” Mr. Gandhi said.

Earlier, helium attended country meetings astatine Kallachi successful Nadapuram and successful Perambra successful the district. Thereafter, Mr. Gandhi travelled with selected radical successful a specially arranged autobus which highlights the UDF’s 5 canvass guarantees from Balussery to Nanminda. In the morning, helium attended a nationalist lawsuit successful Kannur. Though the Congress person was expected to be a nationalist lawsuit astatine the Kozhikode formation past week to unfastened the UDF’s predetermination campaign, helium had to skip it aft his mother, Sonia Gandhi, was hospitalised. Mr. Gandhi aboriginal addressed the lawsuit online.

Published - March 31, 2026 08:14 p.m. IST

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