New Delhi, July 2 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing it of aligning openly with Jamaat-e-Islami for the first time during the Nilambur by-election.

"For the first time, in the Nilambur by-election in Wayanad, which was Rahul Gandhi's former constituency and is now Priyanka Gandhi's constituency, Congress openly and formally took the support of Jamaat-e-Islami. Campaigning was done, and they won that election," Chandrasekhar said at a press conference in the national capital.

Calling the Congress a "shameless party," the Kerala BJP President said there is no doubt in the minds of citizens anymore.

"Congress is a shameless party, and there is no doubt about...