Hours after top Opposition leaders projected a picture of unity in Patna on June 23, cracks were visible as the Congress targeted CPI(M) leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan following the arrest of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President K. Sudhakaran by the crime branch of the State police in a cheating case.
While Mr. Sudhakaran was later released on bail, the move prompted AICC general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh to refer to Mr. Vijayan as “Mundu Modi” after the official handle of the Kerala Congress accused the Chief Minister of copying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “autocratic and undemocratic ways”.