Setting the tone for LDF’s Lok Sabha campaign, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said Congress cannot be trusted in taking on BJP as the former has lost political credibility.

“Left is the only force that will not yield to any pressure (from BJP). Its stand against communalism is unwavering. Only Left could protect the Indian Constitution and parliamentary democracy,” Vijayan said after inaugurating LDF Lok Sabha constituency conventions of Attingal and Thiruvananthapuram.

He added that the only political front voters in Kerala could repose their faith in the fight against communal forces was LDF.

The Kerala CM said Congress leaders either supported BJP or remained silent when BJP govt at Centre took important decisions with wide-ranging implications. This, he said, was because the economic policy of both parties was the same. Vijayan, who criticized Congress for not protesting enough against the abrogation of Article 370 by BJP govt, said the grand old party failed to react strongly against the Centre when it introduced the NRC Bill in Parliament or when BJP amended UAPA Act. Both legislations, Vijayan said, were aimed at targeting a particular section in society, and Congress could raise little effective resistance, he said.

He said the trend of Congress leaders joining BJP has started to pick up in Kerala too, and people would understand the possibility of Congress MPs crossing over to the BJP camp.

Vijayan, who took a dig at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for calling Hamas a terror outfit, said Congress failed to align with ‘secular forces’ in protesting against Israel’s oppression of Palestine. He said Congress not only failed to organize protests against Israel’s aggression against Palestine but also remained divided over the issue.