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CPI(M) accuses the Congress of helping the BJP by fielding its national leaders against the LDF in Kerala

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has accused the Congress in Kerala of indirectly helping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by fielding its top leaders from the State instead of taking the fight to the Sangh Parivar’s heartlands in Hindi-speaking North India.

CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan said Congress had fielded Rahul Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal in the Wayanad and Alappuzha constituencies.

In the process, Congress aspired to split the anti-BJP votes in Kerala, where the Left Democratic Front (LDF), a key INDIA Bloc ally, held significant sway. It had identified the LDF and not the BJP as the main enemy.

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