Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 -- Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and former Union Minister V Muraleedharan, on Sunday, accused the Congress party of "double standards" following the appointment of Keralam's Chief Electoral Officer Rathan Kelkar as the Secretary to the Chief Minister V D Satheesan.

Addressing reporters, Muraleedharan asked whether the administrative appointment was a "favour returned" for assisting the United Democratic Front (UDF) in winning 100 seats in the State assembly.

The BJP recently targeted Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the newly formed BJP government in West Bengal for appointing former State CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal as Chief Secretary. The Bharatiya Janata Party invoked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks ov...