Ahmedabad Times

BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday criticised Chief Minister V D Satheesan for condemning three Vice Chancellors in Kerala who attended an occasion addressed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and hit out on the Congress-led UDF authorities of practising “appeasement politics.”

In a social media publish, Chandrasekhar stated the chief minister had no ethical authority to lecture others on secularism or constitutional values.

“Somebody who has normalised radical Islam and organisations equivalent to Jamaat-e-Islami, and who’s in energy solely due to the help of the Muslim League and Jamaat-e-Islami, should not speak about supporting secularism or respecting the Structure,” he alleged.

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Chandrasekhar stated it was unacceptable for a chief minister sworn to uphold the Structure to criticise Vice Chancellors for attending a public programme addressed by the RSS chief.

“It’s unacceptable {that a} chief minister who has taken an oath to uphold the legislation and the Structure is now intimidating Vice Chancellors for attending a public programme with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat,” he alleged.

The BJP chief additional alleged that the UDF authorities was depending on the help of organisations that advocated spiritual politics.

He additionally accused each the Congress and the CPI(M) of utilizing the BJP and the RSS as instruments for political mobilisation and vote-bank politics.

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“The times of treating the BJP and RSS as a option to fear-monger and mobilise votes are over. Folks of Kerala now know that with regards to appeasement politics, the Congress and the CPI(M) will not be two, however one,” he alleged.

Chandrasekhar’s remarks got here in response to a Fb publish by the chief minister during which Satheesan termed the participation of three Vice Chancellors within the RSS centenary programme as a critical lapse.

“The participation of three Vice Chancellors within the assembly addressed by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat as a part of the RSS centenary celebrations is being seen with utmost seriousness. The Vice Chancellors have dedicated a grave lapse,” Satheesan had stated.

The CM had additionally demanded that the Vice Chancellors apologise to the folks of Kerala.

The Vice Chancellors of Kerala College, Mahatma Gandhi College and Malayalam College attended the RSS centenary programme held in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.

Chandrasekhar additionally raised questions over the appointment of Advocate Ok B Pradeep as Particular Pleader for the Devaswom Division.

Pradeep had resigned from the publish after controversy erupted over his earlier look as counsel for an accused within the Sabarimala gold loss case.

“The difficulty doesn’t finish with the resignation of Pradeep. A number of critical questions stay unanswered,” Chandrasekhar alleged.

He questioned the premise on which the Congress-led authorities appointed a lawyer who had appeared for the accused within the Sabarimala gold loss case to signify the Devaswom Board.

“Who authorized this appointment? Was it a deliberate try to derail the continued investigation,” he requested.

The BJP chief identified that Satheesan had earlier demanded a CBI probe into the Sabarimala gold loss case whereas serving as Chief of the Opposition.

“After coming to energy, that demand disappeared. As an alternative, the federal government appointed as Devaswom Particular Pleader the identical lawyer who had appeared for the accused within the case,” he alleged.

He additional alleged that the Congress and the CPI(M) have been united in defending these accountable for the irregularities linked with Sabarimala.

“The BJP-NDA’s wrestle will proceed till each individual concerned within the Sabarimala gold loss case and associated irregularities is introduced earlier than the legislation,” he stated.