THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rejecting his son's chances of winning the parliament election, veteran Congress leader AK Antony said the party's sitting MP Anto Antony should win in Pathanamthitta. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday at the Congress head office in Thiruvananthapuram, AK Antony expressed confidence that even if he could not go to campaign, the Congress candidate would win the election.
"It is wrong for the children of prominent Congress leaders to join the BJP. I did not want to talk about children. From the time of the KSU years, my position was that both family and politics are different compartments. The Congress is my religion. The golden years of BJP in Kerala are over. It was in the 2019 parliament election that the BJP had the golden years because of the Sabarimala women entry issue. In the 2024 election, the BJP would finish third in all the Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala," he said.
However, responding to Antony's criticism, Anil Antony shot back saying he feels pity for his father. He claimed that he would win in Pathanamthitta and Anto Antony would lose by a huge margin. Terming the Congress an anti-national organization, he said some leaders with outdated ideas are working for Sonia Gandhi and her family.
"I feel pity for AK Antony. I have great respect for him. He is 84 years old. Even though he was a former defence minister, he has been working for the anti-national Gandhi family and speaking for an MP who defamed the armed forces," he said.