New Delhi, July 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today launched a scathing attack on the Congress for its alliance during the Nilambur Assembly by-election in Kerala with Jamaat-e-Islami, an organisation that, it alleged, has long opposed democracy, the Indian Constitution, and secular values.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kerala State President of the BJP and former Union Minister while addressing the media, traced the controversial history of Jamaat-e-Islami, saying that it has openly advocated for the implementation of Sharia law in India and rejected the core principles of democracy and secularism.
In support of his claims, the BJP leader referred to a 2018 statement by Congress's former Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, who h...