The Centre-state relationship worsened further with the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writing to the Chief Election Commissioner over the ED probing KIIFB officials.
Kerala has become fundamentalists own country, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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February 28, 2021 18:30 IST
The Union Finance Minister said the law and order situation has worsened in the State and political violence has become rampant
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File
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The Union Finance Minister said the law and order situation has worsened in the State and political violence has become rampant Kerala, which was once famed as “God s own country”, has become fundamentalists own country, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Speaking at Tripunithura in connection with the Vijay Yathra organised by BJP State president K. Surendran, Ms. Sitharaman said the slogans of 1921 Mappila Rebellion, which was, according to her, a Hindu genocide, was being repeated in Kerala. Yet, the LDF government was not worried about it as the CPI(M) was in tacit alliance with SDPI, she alleged.
98 Left workers join BJP ahead of Assembly polls in Kerala ANI | Updated: Feb 24, 2021 09:26 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 24 (ANI): In a major boost to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala ahead of Assembly polls, as many as 98 members of Left parties joined the local unit of BJP in the presence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader VV Rajesh confirmed the news and said the new members who joined the party offered to convert the local Communist Party of India (Marxist) local office to the BJP office. Today, 98 CPI(M) party members joined BJP under the leadership of Mukul Prabhakaran who was former Gram Panchayat president and CPI(M) area Committee member. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi welcomed them, he said.
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