Congress and CPM two sides of the same coin: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Congress and the CPI-M two sides of the same coin who engage in friendly competition in Kerala, yet remain partners in Delhi.
The controversial RSS leader from Madhya Pradesh, Kundan Chandrawat, who had placed an Rs 1 crore bounty on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head over reported killings of RSS leaders in the southern state was sacked by the RSS on Friday.
“Kundan who made controversial statement at Ujjain protest meeting has been relieved of his responsibility in RSS,” senior RSS leader M M Vaidya announced here.
In a related development, the RSS Madhya Pradesh convenor Dr Prakash Shashtri in a press note also said Chandrawat has been relieved of his responsibility.
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The sacking order came amid mounting pressure on the RSS and the widespread condemnation of the RSS Madhya Pradesh leader’s announcement of a reward on Kerala chief minister’s head, which allegedly amounted to issuing a death threat.
The RSS has since declared that it does not subscribe to the stand or utterances of its MP based leader.
Today’s action against Chandrawat came despite an apology from him. He had reportedly retracted his statement which he said he had made following killing of RSS leaders in Kerala. He had also reportedly said he had received death threats from Kerala over his ‘bounty on Kerala Chief Minister’s head’ remarks.
The southern state has been witnessing clashes between the RSS and CPM activists for some time now. Following Chandrawat’s statement there have been sporadic incidents of clashes between the RSS and CPM workers in Kerala in which workers from both sides have been injured.
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