Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | Rahul Gandhi does not learn from experience, is 'B-team' of BJP: Pinarayi Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress and the CPM are engaged in heated exchange of words in Kerala with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan even accusing that AICC top leader Rahul Gandhi did not even have the political understandings of a local leader.

Vijayan was irked over Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi reiterating the allegations that central agencies were not acting against Vijayan owing to the deal with BJP. Rahul also termed the CPM as 'CJP".

Vijayan said that the Congress top leader even did not know how to properly interpret political issues and thereby helping the BJP. He was not even learning from lessons. He had even demanded the arrest of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.

As Vijayan criticised Rahul, Congress legislature party leader in Kerala V D Satheesan stepped in. He said that Vijayan was trying to enter the good books of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minister Amit Shah. "Pinarayi will always stoop 90-degree before Modi and Shah. He had even signed the PMSHRI agreement with the centre without informing other ministers or the party," he said.

Vijayan swiftly struck back by sharing an old picture of Satheesan lighting the lamp at a function in 2006 marking the birth anniversary of RSS leader M S Golwalkar. He asked Satheesan to explain what the deal was then. The event happened just ahead of the 2006 assembly elections. Hindu Aikya Vedi state president had also said that Satheesan had sought RSS support in 2001 and 2006 elections, Vijayan said.

Subsequently, Satheesan came out with old pictures of national leaders of CPM and RSS sharing the stage and posing for group photos. Satheesan also alleged that Pinarayi won the election in 1977 with RSS's support.

Meanwhile, BJP state leadership has launched a counter campaign that the Congress and CPM were trying to woo Muslim vote banks by alleging each other of dealing with BJP.