Kottayam: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday made a special appeal to his predecessor and country’s longest serving Defense Minister AK Antony. Rajnath made this appeal at an election rally in Kanjirapally for Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat and Antony’s son Anil Antony. He said that he can understand the position of the Congress leader, but he may not vote for his son but will definitely bless him. Let us tell you that Anil is in the electoral fray against three-time sitting Congress MP Anto Antony and veteran CPM candidate Thomas Isaac.
‘I was surprised by what Antony said’
Addressing the people in Kanjirapalli, Rajnath Singh said, ‘I just want to tell Antony that even if he does not vote for his son, he must bless him as a father. I was surprised by what Antony said, maybe he said this under pressure from the Congress party. Let us tell you that Antony had said earlier this month that Anil should be defeated in Pathanamthitta because it is wrong for the children of Congress leaders to join BJP. He had said that Congress candidate Anto Antony should win resoundingly from Pathanamthitta.
‘I have a lot of respect for Antony’
Rajnath Singh further said, ‘I have a lot of respect for Antony and I see him as my elder brother. As a minister, Antony was a clean man, whereas other Congress leaders are not like that. Anil has a bright future in BJP. Let us tell you that before Antony’s statement, allegations were made from some quarters of political opponents that Anil had joined BJP with the tacit blessings of his family. These discussions were further strengthened when a video of his mother Elizabeth Antony surfaced in which she said that she knew that her son would join BJP.
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