Thiruvananthapuram: A day after Anil Antony joined the BJP snapping all affiliation with the Congress, A Ok Antony’s youthful son Ajith on Friday stated his brother’s choice was an “impulsive” one and the saffron social gathering would throw him out like “curry leaves” after utilizing him quickly. Talking to reporters right here, Ajith Antony stated Anil had not given the slightest trace to the household about his choice, and it was a shock to all of them to see the information flash on channels concerning the growth on Thursday.
Thanking Sri. @JPNadda ji for welcoming me to @BJP4India on #BJPStapnaDiwas and for giving me a possibility to work for the H’ble PM’s imaginative and prescient to rework India right into a developed nation within the coming years – within the presence of Sri. @mansukhmandviya ji , Sri. @VMBJP ji and Sri.… pic.twitter.com/82fJTTFvVe
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He additionally stated his father had change into so devastated after seeing Anil settle for the BJP membership at their headquarters in New Delhi. “Pappa (A K Antony) was seen sitting with utmost pain in a corner of the house. I have never ever seen him so weak like this in my life. He did not shed tears, that’s all,” Ajith stated.
He stated his brother would have his personal causes to affix the BJP and stated he used to obtain a number of abusive calls from unknown Congress social gathering employees, which could have had damage him. “I thought he would stay away from the (Congress) party out of anger, but I never ever thought that he would go to the BJP. The decision was a totally unexpected one, ” Anil’s youthful brother stated.
Terming Anil’s choice to affix the BJP as “very impulsive,” Ajith stated he believes that he’ll come again to the Congress social gathering after rectifying his errors. He might proceed to stay within the BJP if he feels that it’s good for his political future, Ajith stated in response to a query.
“He probably would have gone, as he felt that it would be good for him. But, I will say again and again that they (BJP) will throw him out like curry leaves,” he stated. Citing the examples of leaders like Alphons Kannanthanam and Tom Vadakkan, who had joined the BJP a number of years in the past, Ajith stated BJP would use everybody quickly and throw them out like used curry leaves.
Anil Antony joined the BJP within the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan in New Delhi on Thursday. An emotionally charged A Ok Antony had later stated in Kerala that it was a “wrong” choice. “I am deeply pained by Anil’s decision to join the BJP. It was a wrong decision,” the previous Defence Minister had stated.
Anil, who headed the Digital Media Cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, stop the Congress two months in the past, after criticising the social gathering’s stand on the controversial documentary movie of the BBC on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and slammed the Congress management for working for a “single family” as a substitute of for the nation.
