‘Won’t say a word against you’: Rahul Gandhi tries to mollify CPM

KALPETTA: Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who filed his nomination papers for the Wayanad

Lok Sabha

constituency on Thursday, sought to belatedly mollify the Left by proclaiming that he was “not going to say a word against CPM”.


Left parties have been attacking Rahul ever since he announced his decision to contest from Wayanad. Speaking to media persons here after an impressive roadshow with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in tow, Rahul said that his contest from Wayanad was to send across a message of unity that India is one.

Addressing “my brothers and sisters of CPM”, the Congress chief said, “I know that CPM and Congress are locked in a fight in Kerala and this fight will go on. But I want to make it very clear to my brothers and sisters in Kerala and to my brothers and sisters in CPM, I understand that CPM has to attack and that they have to fight, but I am not going to say a word against CPM. I am here to send a message for unity and to send a message that south India is important”.