‘Lack of basic understanding’: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slams Rahul Gandhi, calls Congress ‘B-team’ of BJP

“Rahul Gandhi is a national leader but he lacks even the basic awareness of the local Congress worker in Kerala; he simply refuses to learn from experience or mistakes. It is difficult to understand how such a downfall could happen to him,” he said. “Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party are the ‘B team’ of the BJP but its stance is being adopted across India,” he added.A day earlier, Rahul Gandhi had accused the ruling Left Democratic Alliance (LDF) of having secret understandings with the BJP. Launching the United Democratic Alliance (UDF) movement in Kozhikode, Rahul said there are only two parties in Kerala politics.“There are really only two parties fighting in Kerala. One is the Democratic Front alliance and the other is the partnership between the BJP and the LDF. The LDF unites the people, listens to them, embraces them and empowers them. The LDF and its hidden partners divide the people and suppress them,” Rahul said.He also questioned the state government’s commitment to jobs. Talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s national employment promise and the commitment of the Kerala government, he said: “Modi promised 20 million jobs at the national level. The Chief Minister of Kerala promised 40 lakh jobs in the state and after ten years, you will find that they have not provided any jobs to the people; in fact, they have destroyed jobs.”The Congress leader further said that neither the BJP nor the LDF consider themselves responsible to the people. “Neither the BJP nor the LDF believe that they are responsible to the people. They do not believe that the people of Kerala should be able to ask them questions,” he said.Kerala will go to single-phase polls on April 9 and counting of votes is scheduled for May 4. The term of this parliament will end on May 23.