Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday criticized the Congress party over their leaders joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and asked on which side the 11 former Congress Chief ministers are now.
Pinarayi Vijayan was inaugurating the Kannur district LDF election convention. “Some people are confused. what is the difference between Congress and the other group? Is there a difference? Where are Congress leaders standing now? On which side are 11 former Congress Chief Ministers now? They are with the BJP leadership. Ashok Chavan, Amarinder Singh, Digambar Kamat, SM Krishna, Vijay Bahuguna, Kiran Kumar Reddy, ND Tiwari, Jagadambika Pal, Pema Khandu, Narayan Rane, and Girdhar Gamang. That’s the 11 of them. How many more? Nobody can predict that. Can anybody of you say? This is Congress’ condition,” Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said.
“BJP is standing with open arms. They are ready to accept anyone. They are giving enough money and positions as per their needs. Just like those creatures who run after the bone crumbs that you throw at them. That is the way of Congressmen,” the Kerala CM added.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan claimed that certain Congress leaders have a fixed price for switching sides.
“I can’t talk about the state situation now, because not many things are public. But one thing became public today.
She (Padmaja Venugopal) went ahead and joined the BJP. What is the situation of Congress? Is the leader who joined today, the only one who joined the party? Some BJP spokespersons said that they are in talks with other people. Is it just talking or bargaining? It is bargaining. Some people have fixed prices. At the moment, they will jump sides.” Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged.