New Delhi, April 5 -- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday accused Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of double standards, alleging they pretend to be friends in Delhi while opposing each other in Keralam and blamed both for the Sabarimala gold theft and promoting anti-national forces.

"Why is Pinarayi Vijayan, who found fault with Rahul Gandhi in Kerala, befriending him in Delhi, Bengal, and Tamil Nadu? Break your friendship in Delhi. Why are you forming an alliance? They are pretending to be friends in Delhi and wrestling in Kerala. Both are responsible for the Sabarimala gold theft; both promote anti-national forces," Poonawalla told ANI.

The comments come amid a growing political spat o...