CPI-M in Kerala assails Modi for his Somalia remarks

Thiruvananthapuram

“Modi’s statement would result in a setback to the BJP in the ensuing polls as it has insulted the people of the state,” CPI-M state Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said. He said the “Gujarat Model” development projected by the BJP was actually a false propaganda. Taking a swipe at Modi, the CPI-M leader said  whichever states that went to polls where Modi led the campaign as Prime Minister, BJP suffered defeat. “In Kerala also, the same thing is going to happen. BJP is not going to open an account in the state this time also,” he said.

He alleged that it was the soft stand taken by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy that paved way for the growth of “Hindutva force” in the state. Balakrishnan said UDF government had withdrawn cases against Hindutva leaders including VHP leader Praveen Togadia. This government has refused to file any case against the VHP workers when ‘ghar wapsi’ was organised in the state, he pointed out.