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Kerala CM and CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Terming the US attack on Venezuela as 'barbarism' and 'terrorism', Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused the BJP government at the centre of not criticising the US.
"India earlier used to strongly raise its voice against imperialism. But why is that India is not condemning the US action on Venezuela? The BJP-RSS government at the centre is not able to speak against the highly condemnable US action. They had taken a similar stand earlier also by supporting Israel. It is an insult for the entire nation," Vijayan said while speaking at a public meeting at Kannur to express solidarity with Venezuela.
The CPM senior leader also said that it was an act of 'barbarism and hooliganism' that a country was being invaded and its President and wife being captured. "The basic courtesy among nations and the boundaries of nations are being violated, " he said.
He also said in a social media post that the blatant imperialist aggression by the US on Venezuela reveals the vicious operation of a rogue state, fuelling unmasked hostility in the Global South for imposing its devious schemes.
"It’s also an act of terrorism, posing a threat to the tranquility in Latin America, a continent with the legacy of enduring such onslaught and anti-imperialist struggles. All should rise in unity to call out this brazen assault on Venezuela and resist the imperialist moves against global peace," he said.