Anil Antony is BJP nationwide secretary and spokesperson
Thiruvananthapuram:
A purported video through which veteran Congress chief A Ok Antony’s spouse Elizabeth was seen justifying their elder son’s latest entry into the BJP has gone viral on social media platforms, placing the Congress occasion in a repair in Kerala.
Within the video, launched on the YouTube channel of a Christian meditation centre, an emotional Elizabeth might be seen admitting that she knew in regards to the invitation Anil Antony acquired from the saffron occasion a lot earlier.
Claiming that her son received the brand new alternative in politics due to the intercessory prayers, she stated it had additionally helped resolve the problems that cropped up within the household resulting from his surprising entry into the BJP.
She stated although each her sons needed to affix politics, the decision handed by the Congress occasion in its latest Chintan Shivir towards dynasty politics was a setback.
She stated she prayed intensely for the great way forward for her son after which she acquired a name from Anil.
“My son turned 39…He referred to as me and stated he received a name from the Prime Minister’s Workplace, they usually requested him to affix the BJP,” Antony’s spouse stated within the video.
She stated she and her household lived and believed within the Congress Occasion, however her son advised her that he would get good alternatives if he joins the BJP.
She stated although she had contempt for the BJP, it was later modified by means of prayers, and he or she did not reveal Anil’s resolution to affix the BJP to anybody within the household.
Nevertheless, Elizabeth admitted that Anil’s BJP entry turned a shock to A Ok Antony when he got here to find out about it by means of TV channels 4 days later.
She stated Antony admitted his son’s resolution later and requested him to come back house at any time when he needed, on the situation that politics shouldn’t be mentioned in the home.
Within the video, she was additionally seen saying that Antony turned a member within the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resulting from her prayers.
Varied information channels telecast Elizabeth’s video, which went viral on social media platforms as nicely.
The Congress management, A Ok Antony or Anil Antony had been but to react to the matter.
Anil Antony, son of former Defence Minister A Ok Antony, had joined the BJP in April this 12 months.
After becoming a member of the saffron occasion, he slammed a bit of the Congress management for “serving the pursuits of a single household” as an alternative of working for the nation.
Anil, who headed the Kerala Congress’ digital media cell earlier than quitting the occasion earlier this 12 months, was welcomed into the BJP by Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan, because the ruling occasion seeks to extend its foothold within the southern state.
A Ok Antony, an in depth confidant of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, had termed his son’s motion “fallacious” and “very painful” for him.
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