hiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) stalwart V S Achuthanandan on Thursday rejected AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal`s invitation to him to join his party, saying it only betrayed the latter`s ignorance of the long political struggles he had waged based on Marxism-Leninism.
The nonagenarian leader was reacting to Kejriwal`s statement during a television interview yesterday that he would welcome Achuthanandan to his party and the support of honest leaders like him would strengthen the anti-corruption campaign in the country.
"It seems that Kejriwal had not properly understood my politics and my struggles based on the philosophy of dialectical materialism and Marxism-Leninism. If he was aware of that, he would not have made such a statement," he told reporters here.
chuthanandan said Kejriwal`s colleague Prashant Bhushan knew well his stand as he had often made his position clear during interactions with him as a lawyer engaged to fight his legal battles against corruption.
The CPI(M) leader also took a dig at reporters, saying "you should not have asked this question to me since you know that I have a clear political position."