Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi attacks CM Vijayan for being PM Modi's B-team

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the people of Keralam embody the "true spirit of India," praising the state's traditions of free expression, education, equality, and compassion.

During a public rally in Chirayinkeezhu, Congress MP said, "This is a land of revolutionary thinkers like Narayan Guruji. He was one of the great inspirations of Mahatma Gandhi ji and in many ways, you still live those traditions today. The traditions of free expression, good education, equality, love and compassion for each other. I have no hesitation in saying that the spirit of Keralam is the true spirit of India."

While speaking to ANI, Priyanka Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for skipping an all-party meeting on the West Asia conflict, saying his absence shows he does not consider the discussion important.

"It was a very important discussion that had to take place, but he chose not to be there. He clearly thinks it is not important enough," the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad said. In her speech, Priyanka Gandhi slammed both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) for "neglecting" the needs of the people.

Priyanka Gandhi accused PM Modi of compromising India's sovereignty. "The policies of the Modi government are doing nothing for our people. He has chosen instead to bow down before Israel and the US. Our PM has handed our energy security to the Americans and signed our future away. They now tell us who we can buy from and when," she said.

The Congress leader did not spare the state government either, accusing the Left of being in cahoots with the BJP. "The Kerala CM is acting like the B-team of Narendra Modi. Why is it that none of the Left leaders have been attacked by the Centre? Even when there was a big theft in the Sabarimala Temple, the PM said nothing," she claimed.

Gandhi said it was time for a new government in Kerala. "As an MP from Kerala, I feel bad when I travel through my constituency. I see so many opportunities to help and create jobs being wasted every day. We have a state government negligent of your progress. A new government is necessary for Kerala to remind the leadership of its responsibility to the people," she said. (ANI)

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