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Red Label Tea uses Ganesh Chaturthi based TV commercial to insult Hindus by projecting them as hateful bigots

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Red Label Tea uses Ganesh Chaturthi based TV commercial to insult Hindus by projecting them as hateful bigots

Festival season is business season, and as the festival season for this year starts with Ganesh Chaturthi, marketers have launched their ad campaigns linked with the festival, like every year. But for the last several years, a new trend has been observed in such ads, instead of just promoting their products, many companies focus more on virtue signalling. They use the ads to propagate messages which often end up hurting sentiments of people. Incidentally, almost all such ads target Hindu festivals, telling people how to observe them, and how bad various aspects of such Hindu festivals are. Be it Diwali, Holi, or any other Hindu Festival, many such ads end up vilifying the devotees.

The latest addition to that is a TV campaign by Red Label, the tea brand from FMCG multinational giant Unilever. Based on the Ganesh Chaturthi that starts from 2nd September, the ad has faced lots of criticism om social media for the way Hindus have been projected in it. The ad shows a man shopping for a Ganesh idol to take home, where he talks to an elderly idol maker about the kind of idol he wants to buy. The idol maker has deep knowledge about Hindu mythology, not surprising for the profession he is in.

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During the conversation the idol maker pulls out a skull cap and wears it, indicating that he is Muslim. Seeing this, the prospective buyer hesitates and says that he will come back next, clearly implying that he does not want to buy an idol from a Muslim. The idol maker than offers him tea, have some chit-chat, which ‘reforms’ the Hindu man, who immediately orders the idol.

There may be some Hindus who may not want to buy an idol for a religious activity from someone who does not believe in idol worship and believes the Hindus to be Kafirs. That decision may have nothing to do with how that man things of Muslims, it can just be a religious decision limited to idols. But the advertisement by Red Label ad shows the entire Hindu community in bad light by labelling them as Islamophobic.

It is interesting to note that labelling Hindus as bigots who can be ‘reformed’ by Red Label tea seems to be favourite theme of the FMCG giant. In a earlier ad, they had shown a Hindu man hesitating to enter a Muslim neighbour’s house, but he was ‘reformed’ by the aroma and the taste of Red Label tea made by the Muslim woman in Burka.

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Contrary to what Red Label wants to portray, there are actually many Muslims who make Hindu idols which are bought by devotees. We have not come across any media report claiming that they had to face discrimination for their religion. Media had reported about many such idol makers earlier. In West Bengal, Assam and Odisha, every year Muslim artisans prepare various idols for Durga Puja.

By making this ad, Unilever has projected a religious hatred that does not exist in reality, at least in mass scale. Although the ad, and their tea, is unlikely to ‘reform’ Hindus, it may actually have the opposite effect. Just like non-stop attack on Hindu festivals have turned many moderate Hindus into being more assertive about their faith, this ad may also lead to some Hindus to question why should they buy idols for religious activities from non-Hindus.
The ad has triggered a call for boycotting Red Label, and social media users are posting tweets with the hashtag #BoycottRedLabel.


Red Label could have shown Hindu-Muslim harmony in the ad by showing the man being pleased to know that the idol maker is Muslim who knows and respects Hindu religious traditions, and make it a happy advertisement fit for the festivals. But they had to preach secularism by projecting Hindus as hateful bigots, contributing to the fake intolerance debate the left-liberals in the country are trying to propagate for last few years.

Not born gay: Scientific study finds there is no ‘Gay Gene’, human sexuality is a consequence of genetic and environmental factors

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Not born gay: Scientific study finds there is no ‘Gay Gene’, human sexuality is a consequence of genetic and environmental factors

A study conducted by an international group of scientists working with 23andMe, a personal genomics firm, has confirmed that homosexuals aren’t “born that way” and that human sexuality is the consequence of a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Genetic factors accounted for at most 25% of same-sex behaviour.

The study used a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 408,995 individuals in the UK Biobank, a British health resource, and 68,527 American 23andMe users, all of whom remained anonymous and consented to the study.

“We scanned the entire human genome and found a handful – five to be precise – of locations that are clearly associated with whether a person reports in engaging in same-sex sexual behaviour,” said Andrea Ganna, a biologist at the Institute of Molecular Medicine in Finland who co-led the research. He said these have “a very small effect” and, combined, explain “considerably less than 1% of the variance in the self-reported same-sex sexual behaviour.”

The researchers said that this means that environmental factors, such as upbringing, nurture, environment, and others played a much more significant role in determining an individual’s sexual behaviour, as it also happens in case of any other personality and behavioural trait.

“Previous studies were small and underpowered,” Ganna said. “So we decided to form a large international consortium and collected data for almost 500,000 people, which is approximately 100 times bigger than previous studies on this topic.”

The study has been welcomed by LGBT advocacy groups saying it “provides even more evidence that being gay or lesbian is a natural part of human life”. “This new research also re-confirms the long-established understanding that there is no conclusive degree to which nature or nurture influence how a gay or lesbian person behaves,” said Zeke Stokes of the US-based LGBTQ rights group, GLAAD.

Exclusive: Read the detailed charges of misconduct against IAS officer who resigned over restrictions in Kashmir

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Exclusive: Read the detailed charges of misconduct against IAS officer who resigned over restrictions in Kashmir

IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan is in the news after he resigned from his post protesting the government’s decision to impose restriction in Jammu and Kashmir. While he has refused to join duty after the central government rejected his resignation and asked to join immediately, now it has come to light that the officer was facing disciplinary action even before the decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir were taken.

Kannan Gopinathan, who was the Secretary at the power department of the Union Territories of Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, had submitted his resignation on August 21. After resigning, he had issued statements in media saying that “denial of fundamental rights” to lakhs of people in Jammu and Kashmir was one of the reasons of his resignation.

On July 8, almost a month before the decisions on J&K, the government had issued a memorandum proposing disciplinary action against Kannan Gopinathan on several grounds. The memorandum said that the officer had been indulging in various acts of omission and commission which constitute misconduct within the meaning of rule (3) of the AIS (conduct) Rules, 1968. It said that he has indulged in act of insubordination, adoption of dilatory tactics and dereliction of duty etc.

The document lists five offences committed by Gopinathan, which are:

  1. Delay of nine months in submitting a file to amend the policy regarding discontinuation of issue of Permanent Residence Certificate.
  2. Delay in work of underground electrical cabling and shifting of electric poles, to enable execution of beautification of roads.
  3. Bypassing the prescribed reporting channel on three different instances.
  4. Failing to submit report after his visit to Kerala during floods
  5. Not submitting nominations for prime Ministers Award under various categories.

The memorandum had asked Kannan Gopinathan to reply within 10 days why disciplinary proceedings should not be initiated against for the stated acts.

Notice issued to Kannan Gopinathan

Kannan had submitted his reply to the notice on 31st July, where he had denied some charges, and gave justifications for others. He had said that as he was busy in election duty, some of his works were delayed. He denied the charge that he didn’t nominate anyone for PM’s award, asserting that 5 applications were submitted, but none of them was selected for any award. For delay in electrical work, he cited the delay in getting approvals from various departments. Regarding his Kerala visit, he said that it was decided in a meeting with the DC that the report need not be submitted.

It is interesting to note that while Kannan Gopinathan is vocal about his reason his resignation being the restrictions in Kashmir, he has not said anything regarding the disciplinary actions he is facing. Moreover, the action on him started in July, so he can’t allege that he is being targeted because of his views.

The complete response of Kannan Gopinathan can be viewed below.

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Swachh Bharat activist Temsutula Imsong receives the Devi Award for innovation and dynamism

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Swachh Bharat activist Temsutula Imsong receives the Devi Award for innovation and dynamism

Swachh Bharat activist Temsutula Imsong has been felicitated at the recently concluded Devi Awards ceremony held at Kolkata for her role in bringing innovation and dynamism in the Swachhta mission.


The Devi Awards is a recognition initiated by The Sunday Standard and The New Indian Express to honour working women who bring innovation and dynamism in their respective fields.

Many women entrepreneurs, activists, political activists, artists, innovators and educationists have been honoured in the 6 years since its inception.

This year, the event was held at Kolkata where Union Textile and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani presented the awards to selected women from various fields.

Apart from Temsutula, educationist Parmita Sharma, dancer Alokananda Roy, fashion entrepreneurs Laldinsangi, Lalsangzeli and Lalrinpuii of Mizoram, whose fashion initiative Vakiria has established itself as Mizoram’s most popular fashion brand also received the award.

Other award winners were entrepreneur Ritu Agarwal, Madhu Neotia, organic farmer Ekita Raju, fashion innovator Sujata Chatterjee, and film-maker Pritha Chakraborti.

Temsutula Imsong, a young woman hailing from Nagaland whose group, the Sakaar Sewa Samiti had made it to the headlines when their contribution to keeping the Ganga ghats in Varanasi clean gained nation-wide recognition with PM Modi’s encouragement.

Imsong has been spearheading the cleanliness drive of the Ganga ghats. She has become a name synonymous with the Swachh Bharat Mission and has received many national and international accolades for her work.

Crazy old man who wants to give everyone everything for free wants India to gift Kashmir to Jihadis

K Bhattacharjee
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Crazy old man who wants to give everyone everything for free wants India to gift Kashmir to Jihadis

US Politician and a Presidential aspirant for the 2020 elections, Bernie Sanders, has issued a statement on Kashmir. In his statement on Kashmir, he has castigated the Indian government for the restrictions on communication and claimed that India’s actions were “unacceptable”. The Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders further called for a “UN-backed peaceful resolution that respects the will of the people of Kashmir.”


The Far-Left Communist’s stance on Kashmir, where he appears to be toeing the line of the Jihadist state of Pakistan, ought not to surprise anyone. In the past, he has praised several violent dictatorships. In the 1980s, the praised Fidel Castro for his inhumane crimes, for which he was slammed by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democrat Primaries.

“Everybody was totally convinced that Castro was the worst guy in the world,” Sanders could be seen as saying in the video. “All the Cuban people were going to rise up in rebellion against Fidel Castro. They forgot that he educated their kids, gave them healthcare, totally transformed the society.”

He was given an opportunity to retract his praise for Castro during the Democrat Presidential Primaries but he chose not to. “What that was about was saying that the United States was wrong to try to invade Cuba, that the United States was wrong to try to support people to overthrow the Nicaraguan government,” Sanders said.

Bernie Sanders added, “Cuba is, of course, an authoritarian, undemocratic country and I hope very much, as soon as possible, it becomes a democratic country. But on the other hand, it would be wrong not to state that in Cuba they have made some good advances in healthcare, they are sending doctors all over the world. They have made some progress in education.”

Venezuela, too, has received praise from the Democrat. In a 2011 editorial that was endorsed by Sanders, it was said, “These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who’s the banana republic now?” Venezuela, currently, is a socialist hellhole where people are forced to eat rats and dogs as the entire country has collapsed and its citizens are starving.

The violent communists in Nicaragua, the Sandinistas, too, have received support from Bernie Sanders. He had said once, “Is [the Sandinistas’] crime that they have built new health clinics, schools, and distributed land to the peasants? Is their crime that they have given equal rights to women? Or that they are moving forward to wipe out illiteracy? No, their crime in Mr Reagan’s eyes and the eyes of the corporations and billionaires that determine American foreign policy is that they have refused to be a puppet and banana republic to American corporate interests.”

The dictatorship committed a series of human rights violations and enforced a state of emergency that led to mass arrests of critics of the regime and the shutting down of all opposition newspapers and media. He later said that the brutal crackdown “made sense to me”. In his eyes, ‘Nicaragua was at war with counterrevolutionary forces, funded by the United States, and wartime occasionally necessitated undemocratic measures.’

It appears Sanders’ belief that ‘wartime necessitated undemocratic measures’ only applies to the occasions on which communist dictatorships are suppressing dissidents. It does not apply to India, a sovereign democratic country which is fighting Jihadists in Kashmir. With old age, Sanders’ youthful violent rhetoric appears to have calmed down as well. Now, he is just known as a crazy old man who wants to give everyone everything for free.

His best pals in American politics is Ilhan Omar, an antisemitic Islamist who is alleged to have married her own brother in immigration fraud and accused of committing adultery and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who is best known for being the quintessential millennial who has very little idea about anything but wants to tell everyone else how to do their job. Cortez’s brainchild was the Green New Deal which proposed killing all ‘farting cows’ and getting rid of airplanes.

Despite all his apparent love for Communism, Sanders himself lives a grand life. He bought a luxurious summer home beside a beach which was bought only days after he endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Apart from that, he has a row house at Capitol Hill, Washington and another one at Burlington, Vermont where he had served as mayor in the past.

In his statement on Kashmir, Bernie Sanders also alleged that Kashmiris were suffering a healthcare crisis. The District Magistrate of Srinagar, Shahid Choudhary, however, has been denying these baseless accusations regularly. In a recent statement, he said, “Over 1.5 lac patients seen in OPDs, 15000 admitted for treatment in IPDs, around 2 lac medical tests done in hospitals from August 5 till date.” He further said, “Nearly 5000 major surgeries have been performed in hospitals in Srinagar from August 5 till date.”

“Routine laboratory investigations and radiological procedures like MRI and CT Scan performed in these hospitals during the period add up to over one lakh. These include among others around 5,500 X-Rays, over 6,000 USGs, around 2,000 ECGs, around 2,000 CT Scans, 220 MRIs and some 750 super-speciality procedures,” Jammu and Kashmir Directorate of Information said in a statement on Friday.

It is not clear where Bernie Sanders got his information about Kashmir suffering from a healthcare crisis. It was probably the same person who told him that the American dream was going to be realized in Venezuela and that Castro was a pious revolutionary who genuinely cared for the welfare of the Cuban people. Or maybe it was the person who told him that Sandinistas cared for human rights. Or maybe, it is just crazy old Bernie making stuff up as he goes along.

The only silver lining to the cloud is the fact that it is extremely unlikely that Bernie Sanders will be elected the Democratic nominee for the 2020 US Presidential elections. It isn’t his extremely problematic policy problems that make him ineligible, it’s his sex and the colour of his skin. He is a White Male, although he is a Jew. The eventual nominee will likely be Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden. Biden has already been accused of being a racist despite the fact that he served as Vice-President under Barack Obama and is known to be his good friend.

Even if Sanders did manage to win the Democratic nominee, his chances against Donald Trump is extremely slim as even within the Democrats, there’s a growing perception that the party has moved far too Left and ordinary Americans, too, aren’t comfortable with the direction Socialists like Sanders have been marching in.

In a sudden move, Anil Ambani owned business news channel BTVI suspends transmission

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In a sudden move, Anil Ambani owned business news channel BTVI suspends transmission

BTVI Live, the English news channel in the business-economy genre, has announced that it has suspended its transmission from the midnight of 31st August. The channel posted a message on Twitter today informing that is has suspended transmission on broadcast platforms from Saturday midnight.


Business Television India (BTVI) said that they had been consistently ahead of a competitor with an over two-decade-long existence in the Indian business television market. They also noted that over last few weeks, they were steadily closing the gap with the market leader in the segment.

BTVI said that they will communicate the future steps towards ensuring a smooth transition of their operations.

According to the viewership data published by BARC for the week 17 August to 23 August, BTVI was in 3rd position with 66,000 weekly impression, after CNBV TV 18 and ET Now, but ahead of NDTV Profit.

While tuning into the channel on Tata Sky DTH platform, we encountered a message saying “this channel is temporarily unavailable from the broadcaster due to technical failure, service will resume shortly”. This seems to suggest that BTVI has suspended transmission without informing DTH networks about the same.

BTVI had started as UTVi in 2008, launched by UTV. In the same Bloomberg took a stake in the channel, and in 2009 it was rebranded as Bloomberg UTV. In 2012 Anil Ambani owned Business Broadcast News had purchased the stake of UTV in the channel, causing it to rename as Bloomberg TV India.

In 2016, the licencing agreement between Business Broadcast News and Bloomberg expired, and it was not renewed. Following the split, the channel was again rebranded as BTVI Live.


Former Republic and Times Now journalist Aditya Raj Kaul, who had joined BTVI, posted a tweet last night saying that every journey comes to and end.

5 new governors appointed by President Kovind, Arif Mohammad Khan to be Kerala governor

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5 new governors appointed by President Kovind, Arif Mohammad Khan to be Kerala governor

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed governors for 5 states on Sunday.

Kalraj Mishra, the current governor of Himachal Pradesh has been transferred and appointed as the governor of Rajasthan. Mishra will replace Kalyan Singh as Rajasthan’s new governor.

In a significant move, Arif Mohammad Khan, who had been a minister in Rajiv Gandhi’s government and had quit over the Shah Bano case, has been appointed as the new governor of Kerala.

Khan has been a prominent voice in support of the government’s Triple Talaq bill and abrogation of Article 370.


Bhagat Singh Koshiyari is to replace Vidyasagar Rao as the governor of Maharashtra.  BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya has been appointed as the governor of Himachal Pradesh.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has been appointed as the governor of Telangana. She will replace ESL Narasimhan.

Arif Mohammad Khan has stated to media that the appointment is an opportunity to serve. “It is an opportunity to serve. Fortunate to be born in a country like India which is so vast and rich in diversity. It is a great opportunity for me to know this part of India, which forms the boundary of India and is called god’s own country.”

75% missile technology, ‘smart bombs’ at every kilometer: Pakistan’s minister declares their retaliatory plan if India attacks

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75% missile technology, ‘smart bombs’ at every kilometer: Pakistan’s minister declares their retaliatory plan if India attacks

After egg attacks and an electric shock, Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, who is enduring a traumatic period after India’s decisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir, seems to have lost his mental balance.

Speaking to the media, the Railway Minister of the parody country, who recently survived an electric shock even at a time when Pakistan facing its worst power crisis, stated that he would create 22 Pakistans inside India. Furthering his fear-mongering, Rasheed Ahmad said the process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India was intended to sideline Muslims in the country and to treat them as second-class citizens.


“Muslims are being degraded in Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh through NRC. Facing 25 crore Muslims will be an impossible task for people like Hitler, Mussolini Modi,” Rasheed Ahmad attempted to incite Muslims within India.

Rasheed went on to boast that the Pakistani Army has ‘kept him’ to announce their preparedness. He did not clarify whether DGISPR Ghafoora has been fired from his job because technically, announcements about the army’s activities should be Ghafoora’s job.

Rasheed also added that their PM Imran Khan is doing all that it takes to face India, by writing for NYT.

Rasheed also stated that their army knows very well what they have to do when India attacks. He added that they know what they will do at every kilometre of advancement by the Indian Army. Probably Rasheed is aware that a detailed plan to retreat and surrender has been readied.

Expressing his war-mongering fantasy, despite having no strength to fight one, Rasheed Ahmad ‘threatened’ India of war by stating that his country is all prepared to fight against India. Rasheed Ahmad, who seems to be still struggling to gather his thoughts after the electric shock, went on to claim that Pakistan has ‘smart bombs’.

He warned Indian soldiers that if they move towards Lahore or PoK, they should know that Pakistan’s “smart bombs will welcome them”. “Our army is ready,” said the minister.

“We have smart bombs, bombs of all size and impact. If India dares to come, we know what to do. We have 75% missile technology and 25% air technology. We are far ahead than India in these technologies,” said Rasheed Ahmad raising serious questions regarding his mental stability.

Rasheed seems to have a notion that ‘smart’ bombs are stuff like land-mines which he plans to install inside his own territory to harm Indian Army.

Rasheed’s announcement of 75% missile technology and 25% air technology was something unheard of in the world of military strategy. He probably meant that Pakistan’s defence comprises of 75% missile technology and 25% air technology, but that does not explain how the so-called ‘smart bombs’ will be used. But then he had already stated that smart bombs will be laid out like mines at every kilometre, so probably Rasheed thinks missiles flying haywire and planes flying on 25% of Pakistan will scare Indian Army.

If Rasheed has actually replaced Ghafoora as he claims, he is definitely going to be more entertaining than him because of late, Ghafoora has been directing his frustrations towards Bollywood.

Just three days back, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad had indulged in similar war-mongering propaganda after he had predicted that a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan will take place later this year, during October-November.

Congress veteran Digvijay Singh rants, says Bajrang Dal and BJP are taking money from ISI

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Congress veteran Digvijay Singh rants, says Bajrang Dal and BJP are taking money from ISI

Congress leader Digvijay Singh, known for his statements that have a strange tendency to sound like things that Pakistan usually says, has gone a step further and stated that in India, Bajrang Dal and BJP are funded by Pakistan’s ISI.

Going even further and equating Hindus with Pakistani spies, Singh added that non-Muslims are spying for ISI more than Muslims.


Singh has been known for his often controversial rants. It is notable here that Singh was one of the leaders of Congress who had called the 26/11 Mumbai attacks as a conspiracy of Hindu organisations. He was one of the main proponents of the ‘Hindu Terror’ bogey propagated by the then UPA government.

Though Digvijay has increasingly become incoherent, especially so after losing by a huge margin to BJP’s first time MP-candidate Sadhvi Pragya, who was put in jail and tortured by UPA government under false charges of terrorism, his latest statement may have been an extension of the same ‘Hindu Terror’ hoax that Congress had run in the country for years.

Singh’s statements invited amusing reactions from social media users.

Digvijay has been particularly upset after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and has been speaking of organising protests and threatening the Indian government, just like Pakistan.

Singh had earlier stated that if the Indian government is not careful, they will ‘lose Kashmir’. He had also called for a protest march from Lal Chowk to Lal Qila against the Indian government’s decision to strip Article 370.

It is notable here that Pakistan has been using the statements of Congress leaders to further its narrative against India. Recently, the Pakistani government had quoted Rahul Gandhi in their letter to the UN.

Digvijay’s remarks against the government of India have been used by Pakistan after the Balakot airstrikes too.

Not Oxford English, but ‘anti-Modi’ stand helped win Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress MP’s sly on Shashi Tharoor

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Not Oxford English, but ‘anti-Modi’ stand helped win Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress MP’s sly on Shashi Tharoor

Launching a fresh attack, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan has taken a dig at Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor for heaping praises on PM Modi.

According to the reports, K Murleedharan, Congress MP from Vadakara, launching a veiled attack on Shashi Tharoor, said it is not “Oxford English” but “anti-Modi” stand that had helped the party-led front win the Thiruvananthapuram seat.

Muraleedharan, without taking Tharoor’s name, said, Congress leader and former MP late A Charles, who did not know Oxford English had won the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat three times.

Addressing a press meet, the senior leader also said that even he had quit the Congress party some time back, but he had never supported the BJP or sought its favour.

Muraleedharan was apparently referring to Tharoor’s recent criticism against him that those who asked him to quit the party and join the BJP had rejoined the Congress barely eight years ago after leaving it and attacking it for years.

“Even A Charles, who spoke good Malayalam, had won from the constituency three times. He had not won because of Oxford English. It was because Thiruvananthapuram has been a Congress bastion like Vadakara which was generally considered a constituency in which the CPI(M) has an upper hand,” Muraleedharan said to reporters.

The fresh attack comes days after Shashi Tharoor had said that he has always been a proponent of praising PM Modi for his right policy decisions. Tharoor had stated that lauding PM Modi for correct decisions will also add to the credibility of the opposition.

Following his statement, there was a huge uproar within the party in Kerala, which had directed Shashi Tharoor to give an explanation for heaping praise on PM Modi. The KPCC had directed party leaders to stop making public statements after the controversy broke out.

In an earlier attack, K Muraleedharan had said those who wanted to praise Modi should join BJP. Another party MP, Benny Behanan had said glorifying the Prime Minister was not the job of Congress leaders. Other opposition leaders in the state Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala and T N Pratapan MP also came out against Tharoor.

In his email reply to the explanation sought by KPCC president Ramachandran, Tharoor had stated that he had never justified the Prime Minister, but had in fact been a “strong critic” of the BJP government.

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