The CPIM mouthpiece editorial titled 'Congress Collapse to be Completed with this Pappu Strike' asserted that the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar was afraid of a defeat in Amethi.
One of Congress support in Wayanad emanates from IUML which in turn is tied up with Jammat-e-Islami and SDPI, both accused by NIA in conducting arms training camps across the state under the pretence of health awareness camps.
The Citizenship Bill has united parties which have traditionally been arch enemies. The CPI(M) has been supported in its opposition to the Bill by Mamata Banerjee's TMC