Rahul Gandhi acting as the mouthpiece of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when visiting Kerala is shocking to all those who have reposed faith in secularist forces and the INDIA bloc during this election, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Mr. Rajeeve accused Mr. Gandhi of giving new weapons to the BJP to use against the Opposition through his speeches in Kerala. Mr. Gandhi had not mustered the courage to criticize the BJP on serious issues such as the Citizenship Amendment Act, he said.
Mr. Gandhi asking why the Central investigation agencies had not taken action against the Kerala Chief Minister had only weakened one of the major campaign planks raised by the Opposition that the BJP was misusing the investigative agencies for political purposes. It enabled Mr. Modi to question the Opposition allegation about the investigative agencies during campaigning in Tripura, said Mr. Rajeeve.
