Kochi, March 6 -- Kerala chief minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) veteran Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Congress of adopting an "arrogant" approach towards regional parties opposing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), questioning how "secular and democratic voters" of the country could trust such a party.

Vijayan critiqued the Congress in an article published in a local newspaper on Wednesday. "By splitting the secular votes, it [Congress] helped the BJP win in those states," Vijayan wrote. P8

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