Last Update: January 25, 2023, 3:57 pm IST
Anil K Antony, son of Congress leader AK Antony, has resigned from the Congress. (Twitter/@anilkantony)
Sharing his resignation letter on Twitter, Anil Antony—who was part of the Congress’s social media cell in Kerala—also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as he “threatened those who supported the trek to promote cited expletives by. Love”
A day after tweeting to condemn a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a ‘dangerous precedent’, Congress veteran AK Antony’s son Anil K Antony quit the party on Wednesday, retracting his statement. slogan “intolerable call” to take.
Sharing his resignation letter on Twitter, Anil Antony – who was part of the Congress’s social media cell in Kerala – also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as he “promotes love for those who support the trek”. Cited abuses by”.
“By now, I am well aware that you, your colleagues, and the circle around the leadership are only willing to work with a bunch of sycophants and spoons who will unquestioningly act at your behest. This merit has become the sole criterion,” said Anil Antony as he summoned top party functionaries.
On Tuesday, Anil Antony slammed the BBC as a state-sponsored channel with a “long history of prejudices against India”, slamming a two-part series focusing on PM Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots. However, his idea did not go down well with the Kerala Congress which announced that the documentary would be screened in various parts of the state.
As soon as Anil Antony left the Congress, support poured in from several quarters, including the BJP.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra said on Twitter that the resignation was due to the ‘intolerance’ shown by the Congress, while Shahzad Poonawalla – who was also forced to quit the Congress after questioning its candidature. Rahul Gandhi Called it a ‘deja vu’ moment.
What is intolerance, see the son of Congress leader AK Antony @anilkantony tweeted that BBC has no right to interfere in India
After this tweet, Congressmen started calling and abusing and threatening
Anil Antony resigns from Congress pic.twitter.com/HRBaNyjHcI
— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) January 25, 2023
My dear friend Anil Antony’s resignation from the Congress is dejavu for me. Nothing has changed in the Congress since I was forced to speak against the dynasty.
The Congress has an emergency, intolerant mindset and pretends to be a torchbearer of free speech!
First Congress Jodo
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) January 25, 2023
Apart from politicians, many journalists and political commentators also criticized the Congress for not allowing different views to flourish.
It has always been said – these zealous cutlets of Congress will bring down the troll party – it was like that even then @ShashiTharoor contested .. now with @anilkantony— Pallavi Ghosh (@_ PallavGhosh) January 25, 2023
Well done Anil! Thank you for exposing this planned negativity being spread by Congress in the guise of Bharat Jodo Yatra.. https://t.co/ByIhhy4tsJ— Tuhin A. Sinha Tuhin Sinha (@tuhins) January 25, 2023
A BBC documentary examining allegations related to the 2002 Gujarat riots has been dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs as a “propaganda piece designed to push a discrediting narrative”. However, the opposition has accused the Center of blocking several YouTube channels. Videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the documentary.
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