IANS | 18 Apr, 2024
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told his predecessor and
the country’s longest-serving Defence Minister A.K. Antony that he can
understand the predicament of the latter.
Singh said this while
addressing an election rally for the BJP candidate and son of Antony,
Anil Antony, at Kanjirapally which comes under the Pathanamthitta Lok
Sabha constituency, where Anil is fighting a poll battle against
three-time sitting Congress MP Anto Antony and veteran CPI-M former
finance minister Thomas Isaac.
“ All I have to tell Antony is even
if he might not vote for him, he should bless him as a father. I was
surprised by what Antony said, maybe he said like that due to the
pressure from the Congress party,” said Singh.
Antony after almost
six months broke his silence early this month when he said Anil should
and will lose at Pathanamthitta and it was wrong for the children of
Congress leaders to join the BJP.
“I have the highest regard for
Antony and I see him as my elder brother. As Minister, Antony was a
clean person, while other Congress leaders are not like that,” added
Singh.
“ Anil has a bright future in the BJP,” said Singh and took
a dig at Rahul Gandhi when he said the country’s Chandrayan Mission was
a success, while the ‘Rahulyan’ mission, even after two decades, has
not reached anywhere.