Former Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Congress chief A Ok Antony expressed deep disappointment on Thursday after his son, Anil Ok Antony, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The youthful Antony, who beforehand served as the top of the Digital Media Cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, had left the Congress get together in January, citing “intolerant calls to retract tweet” concerning a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Anil Antony’s father AK Antony reveals assist for Congress
An emotionally charged Antony addressed reporters on the KPCC headquarters in Kerala, the place he declared his loyalty to the Nehru household and criticized his son’s determination to affix the BJP. “I am deeply pained by Anil’s decision to join the BJP. It was a wrong decision,” mentioned Antony. He additionally vowed to proceed to be a Congressman till his final breath and to lift his voice in opposition to the BJP and the RSS.
#WATCH | They (BJP) is destroying constitutional values of this nation…… During and after independence, Nehru household handled everybody no matter their caste, language, area, as one: Congress chief & former Defence minister AK Antony pic.twitter.com/sNVsJBifoG
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2023
In response to Anil’s allegations in opposition to the Nehru-Gandhi household, Antony reaffirmed his assist for the household and their efforts to safeguard India’s fundamental beliefs. He acknowledged that his loyalty would at all times lie with the Nehru household, which continues to be on the forefront of the “fearless fight to safeguard the basic ideals of India”.
BJP welcomes Anil Antony
The BJP welcomed Anil Antony into the get together, with Union Minister Piyush Goyal praising him as a “very grounded political worker.” Speaking to the media after becoming a member of the BJP, Anil Ok Antony criticized the Congress management for working for a “single-family” as an alternative of working for the nation. He acknowledged that he was satisfied that the BJP cared for the nation and shared the prime minister’s imaginative and prescient of sustainable development.
Anil Ok Antony additionally clarified that his determination to affix the BJP was not about personalities, however a couple of distinction of opinion and concepts. “This is not about personalities, this is about differences of opinion and ideas. I strongly believe that I have taken the right step. My respect for my father will remain the same,” he mentioned when requested whether or not he had consulted his father earlier than becoming a member of the BJP.
