Kerala BJP chief Ok Surendran alleged that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s attendance on the rally was a transfer to garner votes from communal teams.
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A day after IUML supporters hit the streets of Kozhikode, expressing solidarity with war-ravaged Palestine, the BJP expressed concern that the battle was getting used to gasoline communal tensions within the state
The BJP in Kerala on Friday criticised Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor for his participation within the Indian Union Muslim League’s rally supporting Palestine, labelling it a “pro-Hamas” occasion. A day after tens of 1000’s of IUML supporters hit the streets of Kozhikode, expressing solidarity with the individuals of war-ravaged Palestine, BJP state president Ok Surendran expressed concern that the battle was getting used to gasoline communal tensions within the state.
The IUML rally in Kozhikode was “pro-Hamas,” and anti-national slogans had been raised all through the programme, he alleged in a press convention right here. Surendran claimed that Tharoor’s attendance on the rally was a transfer to garner votes from communal teams, calling it an act of treason to assist Hamas, which, in response to him, backs anti-Indian forces. He additionally accused Tharoor of making an attempt to use communal polarisation forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
“It has now become clear that what they want is votes, not peace,” Surendran stated. The BJP chief additionally accused senior IUML chief and MLA MK Munner of equating “Hamas terrorists” with freedom fighters like Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh.
Earlier within the day, a pacesetter of the ruling CPI(M) criticised Tharoor for his speech on the IUML rally, alleging that a few of his remarks leaned in direction of Israel and that he didn’t acknowledge it as a “terrorist” nation. CPI(M) chief M Swaraj levelled the allegation in opposition to the Congress chief, referring to his remarks in his speech wherein he, in unequivocal phrases, condemned the assault carried out by Palestinian armed group Hamas in Israel on October 7, describing it as an ‘act of terror’.
Tharoor responded to the social media backlash from pro-Hamas teams and a few Left activists, emphasising his long- standing assist for the individuals of Palestine and clarifying that one sentence from his speech was being taken out of context. The IUML, a key ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, organised an enormous rally in Kozhikode on Thursday condemning the reported indiscriminate killings within the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Tharoor, as the chief visitor, condemned the continued conflict, terming it “one of the most distressing human rights catastrophes” witnessed over the previous 19 days.
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