Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while speaking at I.N.D.I.A bloc’s meeting, said, "If you are asking me to go and hug ex-CM of Kerala [Pinarayi Vijayan]. I cannot...because I've ongoing political fight with him." Reacting to it, CPI(M) leader Vijayan said, "But we all saw photograph of Rahul hugging PM Modi." It shows how Rahul sees I.N.D.I.A bloc, he added.