Thiruvananthapuram:
The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Sunday mentioned its statements concerning disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha weren’t in help of the Congress chief, relatively it was opposing the BJP’s undemocratic motion in opposition to him.
CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan mentioned that the Left social gathering has at all times taken a stand in opposition to the undemocratic actions, just like the BJP and RSS utilizing central businesses like ED and CBI to focus on opposition events.
“Something like that has happened in Rahul Gandhi’s case. We did not announce support for Rahul Gandhi. We strongly opposed the undemocratic action taken against him,” he informed reporters.
Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in jail by a Surat Court on March 23 in a 2019 legal defamation case over his “Modi surname” comment.
A day later, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification mentioned that his disqualification was efficient from the day of his conviction.
Following his disqualification, the ruling CPI(M) and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan had termed it as an ‘assault on democracy’ by the Sangh Parivar and an occasion of revenge politics by the BJP.
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