"Absurd": CPI(M) Reacts To Rahul Gandhi's Comment Equating RSS And The Left Party
Kottayam, Kerala: The Communist Party of India (Marxism) has issued a statement slamming Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his comments equating Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and CPI(M) during an event in Kottayam, Kerala on Friday.
While speaking at the program, the Congress leader accused both RSS and CPI(M) of lacking empathy for the people, adding that he is fighting both parties ideologically.
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“My biggest complaint with them is that they don’t have feelings for people. “You can give any speeches. “If you don’t feel for people, you are not ready to connect and hug people. You will not be a leader,” the Raebareli MP said.
Notably, in its statement, the left party called the Congress leader’s comment “absurd and condemnable.” The communist party pointed out that Rahul Gandhi forgets who is fighting the RSS in Kerala, adding that it is CPI(M), which has lost countless dedicated workers in “resisting saffron terror.”
The ruling party in Kerala further noted that the Congress and the RSS continue to echo each other in expressing anti-communist sentiments in the state. “As soon as he steps into Kerala, Rahul Gandhi speaks that language too,” the party added.
In his absurd and condemnable comment equating the RSS and the CPI(M), Rahul Gandhi forgets who is fighting the RSS in Kerala- the CPI(M), which has lost countless dedicated workers in resisting saffron terror. Meanwhile, in Kerala, the Congress and the RSS continue to echo each… https://t.co/AiHdmZcVdu
— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) July 18, 2025
