<p>Congress leader and former defence minister A K Antony has said that the decision of his son, Anil K Antony, to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/senior-congress-leader-a-k-antonys-son-anil-joins-bjp-1207230.html" target="_blank">join the BJP </a>was painful. It was also a wrong decision, said a visibly upset Antony.</p>.<p>"Anil's decision to join the BJP is painful. It is a wrong decision. BJP has been trying to sabotage the country's unity in diversity. Since independence, the Nehru family has been working for the country's unity. I am now 82 and in the final phases of my life. I will remain as a Congress worker till my last breath and continue to raise my voice against the BJP and RSS," Antony told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.</p>.<p>He refused to take any questions. "This will be the first and last time I will be speaking about Anil," he said.</p>.<p>Anil K Antony, the son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony, on Thursday, joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan.</p>.<p>Antony, who headed the Digital Media cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, slammed the Congress leadership for working for a "single family" instead of working for the country.</p>.<p>He had quit the Congress after criticising the party's stand on the controversial documentary film of the BBC on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>Congress leader and former defence minister A K Antony has said that the decision of his son, Anil K Antony, to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/senior-congress-leader-a-k-antonys-son-anil-joins-bjp-1207230.html" target="_blank">join the BJP </a>was painful. It was also a wrong decision, said a visibly upset Antony.</p>.<p>"Anil's decision to join the BJP is painful. It is a wrong decision. BJP has been trying to sabotage the country's unity in diversity. Since independence, the Nehru family has been working for the country's unity. I am now 82 and in the final phases of my life. I will remain as a Congress worker till my last breath and continue to raise my voice against the BJP and RSS," Antony told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.</p>.<p>He refused to take any questions. "This will be the first and last time I will be speaking about Anil," he said.</p>.<p>Anil K Antony, the son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony, on Thursday, joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan.</p>.<p>Antony, who headed the Digital Media cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, slammed the Congress leadership for working for a "single family" instead of working for the country.</p>.<p>He had quit the Congress after criticising the party's stand on the controversial documentary film of the BBC on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>