Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala on Monday apologized to the Christian community, a day after taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent meeting with Pope Francis in a social media post, triggering a political row in the state.
The party also withdrew the post from its official X handle.
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In the explanatory post, the party further said that the people of the state clearly know that insulting and insulting any religion, religious priests or idols is not the tradition of the Indian National Congress.
The party said no Congress worker would even remotely think of insulting the Pope, whom Christians across the world consider equivalent to God.However, the party is not hesitating to make fun of PM Narendra Modi, who insults the country's loyalists by calling himself God, the post said.
It said this way, people would understand the communal mind-set of BJP state chief K Surendran and others to portray Congress' attempt to mock Modi's "shameful political game" as an insult to the Pope.
Hitting out at Surendran and other BJP leaders who have created controversy over the issue, the Congress further said that their attempt was to "denigrate" Christians as a group of people who have no self-respect and who will soon Spread communal poison. As soon as they inject it.
The party said, "If there is any true love for the Christian community, then Modi and his cronies, who remained silent when their churches were burnt in Manipur, should first tender an unconditional apology to the Christians.,
The BJP in Kerala on Sunday targeted the Congress party in the state over its social media post on Modi's meeting with Pope Francis during the G7 summit and alleged that its X handle was being run by "radical Islamists or urban Naxals". .
The grand old party had earlier posted a photo of PM Modi with the Pope on its X handle along with the sarcastic comment that "Finally, the Pope got a chance to meet God!"
Angered by the post, BJP state chief Surendran had accused the Congress state unit of posting derogatory and derogatory content against nationalist leaders on its social media handles.
He alleged that AICC general secretary KC Venugopal was definitely aware of the post and sought to know whether party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi supported it.
Soon after his criticism, the Congress again responded sarcastically through its X handle and wished Surendran and others in the "Modi family" "better luck next time".
"Good luck next time, @SurendranBJP, @GeorgeKurianBJP and the rest of the Modi family!" Kerala Congress said in the post.
Prime Minister Modi on Friday invited Pope Francis to visit India and said he admired the Pope's commitment to serving the people.They were warmly received at the G7 Summit outreach session in Italy, where they joined other world leaders to discuss the topics of Artificial Intelligence, energy, Africa and the Mediterranean.
The party also withdrew the post from its official X handle.
In a fresh post on her
In the explanatory post, the party further said that the people of the state clearly know that insulting and insulting any religion, religious priests or idols is not the tradition of the Indian National Congress.
The party said no Congress worker would even remotely think of insulting the Pope, whom Christians across the world consider equivalent to God.However, the party is not hesitating to make fun of PM Narendra Modi, who insults the country's loyalists by calling himself God, the post said.
It said this way, people would understand the communal mind-set of BJP state chief K Surendran and others to portray Congress' attempt to mock Modi's "shameful political game" as an insult to the Pope.
Hitting out at Surendran and other BJP leaders who have created controversy over the issue, the Congress further said that their attempt was to "denigrate" Christians as a group of people who have no self-respect and who will soon Spread communal poison. As soon as they inject it.
The party said, "If there is any true love for the Christian community, then Modi and his cronies, who remained silent when their churches were burnt in Manipur, should first tender an unconditional apology to the Christians.,
The BJP in Kerala on Sunday targeted the Congress party in the state over its social media post on Modi's meeting with Pope Francis during the G7 summit and alleged that its X handle was being run by "radical Islamists or urban Naxals". .
The grand old party had earlier posted a photo of PM Modi with the Pope on its X handle along with the sarcastic comment that "Finally, the Pope got a chance to meet God!"
Angered by the post, BJP state chief Surendran had accused the Congress state unit of posting derogatory and derogatory content against nationalist leaders on its social media handles.
He alleged that AICC general secretary KC Venugopal was definitely aware of the post and sought to know whether party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi supported it.
Soon after his criticism, the Congress again responded sarcastically through its X handle and wished Surendran and others in the "Modi family" "better luck next time".
"Good luck next time, @SurendranBJP, @GeorgeKurianBJP and the rest of the Modi family!" Kerala Congress said in the post.
Prime Minister Modi on Friday invited Pope Francis to visit India and said he admired the Pope's commitment to serving the people.They were warmly received at the G7 Summit outreach session in Italy, where they joined other world leaders to discuss the topics of Artificial Intelligence, energy, Africa and the Mediterranean.
