Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Alleges RSS Treats Minorities Like “Enemies,” BJP Hits Back

GG News Bureau

Thiruvananthapuram, 27th Jan. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused the Sangh Parivar of treating Muslims and Christians as “enemies of the nation” on Thursday, urging everyone to unite against such divisive actions, prompting sharp criticism from the BJP.

Vijayan stated that the Constitution, which he believes is the best weapon for combating caste discrimination and religious hatred, is currently under attack.

The CM alleged that the Sangh Parivar and the RSS have made it clear that their aim was to turn India into a ‘Hindu rashtra’.

He also accused the Centre Party of being followers of a political group that did not participate in the freedom struggle.

“They are attacking the very roots of our country, its democracy and the Constitution,” he said while speaking after inaugurating the Constitution Protection Conference and Secular Meet.

In his speech at the event held here, Mr Vijayan said that if the Constitution was destroyed, everything — from an individual’s dignity to the sovereignty of the country — would be lost, he said.

Meanwhile, the BJP responded by saying that the CM has no moral right to speak about the Constitution

Mr Vijayan, according to BJP state president K Surendran, does not value the Constitution and is ‘whitewashing’ extremist and terror groups.

The Kerala Chief Minister also claimed that, in addition to attacks on the Constitution, there were attempts to rewrite history.

He cited as examples the terming of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination as a “death” and claims from certain quarters that B R Ambedkar was not one of the drafters of the Constitution.

Apart from that, he claims that in some parts of the country, Muslims are labeled as the polar opposite of Hindus.

Vijayan claimed that not only religious minorities, but also Dalits and tribals, were being targeted and exploited in various parts of the country.

The Constitution was one of the most effective weapons in the fight against caste discrimination and religious hatred, and as such, it should be protected from attacks on it and the values it upholds.

He also claimed that those sworn to protect the Constitution were threatening it.

Those who took the Constitutional oath were espousing dangerously anti-Constitutional views.

Vijayan said that even persons in the highest Constitutional positions were making statements that could derail Constitutional principles.

According to Vijayan, one example of this was Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s recent statement, which effectively meant that the 1973 Supreme Court decision upholding the ‘basic structure doctrine’ was incorrect and that the Parliament was sovereign and the judiciary would not be allowed to encroach on it.

“It is the country which is sovereign and the Constitution ensures it,” he said.