Rahul Gandhi at Kannur rally says BJP wants CPM-LDF to win Kerala Assembly polls, alleges PM Modi holds 'jail keys' to CM Vijayan

Kannur (Kerala) [India], March 31 (ANI): Launching a blistering attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged a "secret partnership" between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming both have abandoned their ideologies to become "corporate parties.

"Addressing a gathering at the Kannur Police Maidan, Rahul Gandhi reiterated his charge that the Congress-led UDF is fighting the combined forces of LDF and BJP in the State.

The Congress leader further alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi exerts "control" over Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through the threat of central investigative agencies. "Narendra Modi controls the Chief Minister of Kerala.

The CM knows that the Prime Minister has the key to putting him in jail right now. You will hear Congress attacking Narendra Modi, but you will never hear the Kerala CM attacking Modi, nor will you see Modi attacking the Kerala CM," he said.

Drawing a parallel with his own political struggles, Gandhi noted, "I have 36 cases against me; my Parliament membership was taken away and my house was taken.

If the CM of Kerala is truly standing against the BJP, why are there no cases against him or his relatives? The reason is that the BJP wants the CPM in control here because they cannot control the Congress and the UDF.

Modi knows only the Congress can challenge him. "Gandhi also accused the BJP of "selective secularism," questioning the Prime Minister's silence on the Sabarimala temple controversy while in Kerala. "Wherever the PM goes, he talks about temples and gods.

But in Kerala, he says nothing about Sabarimala. CPM leaders stole gold from the Sabarimala temple, yet the so-called defender of Hinduism takes no action," he alleged.