India, March 26 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he lacks the understanding of even a local party worker despite being a national leader.

"Rahul Gandhi is a national leader. But the reality is that he lacks the understanding of even a local worker. He is not willing to understand things properly. He refuses to learn despite getting smacked. These are not qualities fitting a political leader. I cannot understand how someone, whom all Congress workers see as their national face, can degrade so much?" Vijayan said.

The attack came a day after Gandhi alleged that the lack of progress in the corruption cases against Vijayan was proof of the collusion between Kerala's ruling C...