Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought to cast doubt on Congress’s stance on the politically sensitive Palestine issue viscerally close to the heart of its key ally the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Addressing a public meeting to voice solidarity with the oppressed people of Gaza and the West Bank, Mr. Vijayan criticised the Congress for its “ambivalent” standpoint on the Palestine question.
Mr. Vijayan seemed to lean obliquely on Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor’s controversial and politically stormy comment at a recent pro-Palestine rally organised by the IUML in Kozhikode to make his case.
