Anil Antony, the son of AK Antony, has joined the BJP (File)
New Delhi:
Anil Okay Antony, the son of veteran Congress chief A Okay Antony, on Thursday joined the BJP within the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan right here.
Antony, who headed the Digital Media cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, slammed the Congress management for working for a “single household” as a substitute of working for the nation.
He had stop the Congress after criticising the occasion’s stand on the controversial documentary movie of the BBC on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Welcoming Antony within the BJP, Goyal described him as a “very grounded political employee”, who was satisfied that the BJP cares for the nation and shared the prime minister’s imaginative and prescient of sustainable development.
“This isn’t about personalities, that is about distinction of opinion and concepts. I strongly consider that I’ve taken the appropriate step. My respect for my father will stay the identical,” Antony mentioned when requested whether or not he had consulted his father earlier than becoming a member of the BJP.
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