Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary and Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has the same tone as that of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Balakrishnan said the Congress could not replace the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and it had lost its secular face. He alleged that leaders belonging to minority communities were neglected and sidelined in the Congress in line with Mr. Gandhi’s speech in Jaipur calling for establishing what he called a rule of Hindus in the country after ousting the “Hindutva” government at the Centre.
Alleging that the Congress even sidelined its prominent minority faces, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Salman Khurshid and K.V. Thomas, from the national-level leadership as part of the party’s new policy, Mr. Balakrishnan claimed this issue was being discussed widely in the Congress organisation.
