BJP slams Congress for expelling Kerala leader for praising Modi

The BJP on Monday criticised the Congress for expelling its Kerala leader A P Abdullakutty after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying praising the country's PM is no crime and that it will only set the tone for more leaders of the opposition party to come out and laud him. BJP spokesperson Tom Vadakkan, who had switched over from the Congress to the saffron party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, said the Congress's decision to expel Abdulkutty will spark an exodus of leaders from the party.

"He has not been expelled for Kerala Congress leadership or its national leadership. His crime is that he has praised India's Prime Minister. How many members the Congress is going to remove from the party for this? It will start an exodus as the praising prime minister is no crime," Vadakkan said. As a citizen of India, he can praise the prime minister but the Congress has punished him for this, the BJP leader from Kerala said.