No surprise in Priyanka's pro-Ram temple stand: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday that there was no surprise in Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's pro-Ram temple statement as the Congress party always maintained a soft Hindutva stand, especially with regard to Babri masjid-Ram temple issue.

Vijayan told reporters here on Wednesday that, if the Congress had taken a strong stand to protect nation's secularism, the nation could not have reached the present situation. All former Congress Prime Ministers like Rajiv Gandhi and P V Narasimha Rao took soft Hindutva stands right from the Babri Masjid demolition. Hence there was no surprise in the present stand of Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

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He also added that the Indian Union Muslim League, which passed a resolution against Priyanka's statement on Wednesday, even stood with Congress all these times.

Vijayan also said that the priority of the nation now was to fight Covid-19 as well as to address the poverty of thousands of people of the country.