MALAPPURAM: To rout BJP, the congress is ready for a political consensus with CPM in Kerala, said KPCC chief Mullappally Ramachandran. The CPM should be ready to lay down the arms. If they put an end to violence, the next moment the congress is ready to hold talks with them, he told reporters when his Jana Mahayatra reached Manjeri.

The congress is ready to cooperate with any democratic secular party to rout BJP and RSS forces in the national level. We are ready to cooperate with the CPM in Kerala. The CPM has no clarity on how to deal with the BJP at the national level, he said.

Pinarayi Vijayan does not even mention the name of BJP in things like Rafale corruption. Why don’t Kodieryi Balakrishnan and Pinarayi change their stand? Pinarayi is silent on Rafale controversy due to fear on Lavalin case. BJP, RSS – CPM relationship is going strong in the state, he said.