<p>Hitting back at Antony, who had said he was either sleeping or pretending to be asleep all these five years, the 87-year old Marxist leader said "it is Antony who is sleeping like Kumbhakarna," a character in Ramayana known for his prolonged spells of sleep.<br /><br />"Antony was sleeping when terrorists struck at Mumbai. As Chief Minister he was caught napping while communal carnage occurred at Marad village in Kerala", the CPI-M leader charged at a meet-the-press programme here.<br /><br />Achuthanandan had yesterday called Rahul Gandhi an "Amul baby" for his jibe that if LDF wins Kerala would have a 93-year old as a chief minister by the next elections.<br /><br />Achuthanandan's comments against Gandhi has raised the hackles of Congress leaders who dubbed it 'uncivilised'.</p>.<p>He also sought to know why Antony was not included in the committee formed to draft the Lokpal Bill.<br /><br />Antony had earlier said that Achuthanandan had all of a sudden woken up to proclaim about taking on the corrupt and sexual abusers, after sleeping or pretending to sleep all these five years as chief minister.</p>
<p>Hitting back at Antony, who had said he was either sleeping or pretending to be asleep all these five years, the 87-year old Marxist leader said "it is Antony who is sleeping like Kumbhakarna," a character in Ramayana known for his prolonged spells of sleep.<br /><br />"Antony was sleeping when terrorists struck at Mumbai. As Chief Minister he was caught napping while communal carnage occurred at Marad village in Kerala", the CPI-M leader charged at a meet-the-press programme here.<br /><br />Achuthanandan had yesterday called Rahul Gandhi an "Amul baby" for his jibe that if LDF wins Kerala would have a 93-year old as a chief minister by the next elections.<br /><br />Achuthanandan's comments against Gandhi has raised the hackles of Congress leaders who dubbed it 'uncivilised'.</p>.<p>He also sought to know why Antony was not included in the committee formed to draft the Lokpal Bill.<br /><br />Antony had earlier said that Achuthanandan had all of a sudden woken up to proclaim about taking on the corrupt and sexual abusers, after sleeping or pretending to sleep all these five years as chief minister.</p>