Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his latest assertion on the state’s monetary situation and stated the BJP-led authorities constantly ignored the state and denied crores of rupees duly owed to it.
He additionally lashed out on the Congress management together with Wayanad MP, Rahul Gandhi, and alleged that for the previous 5 years, the 18 UDF MPs from the state stood in opposition to the curiosity of Kerala within the Parliament and refused to talk up for the rights of the individuals of the southern state.
Addressing a number of election rallies at Vatakara Lok Sabha Constituency, the place the Left get together has fielded former well being minister and MLA, Ok Ok Shailaja, the chief minister attacked Modi and requested the PM to be “extra diligent” with the details.
The prime minister had on April 15 claimed throughout an election rally in Kerala that the Supreme Courtroom had turned down the state’s request for extra borrowing, attributing the monetary woes to the Left authorities’s “mismanagement”.
“Now the prime minister is claiming that the Kerala authorities moved the Supreme Courtroom and suffered an enormous setback. If you end up the prime minister, try to be extra diligent with the details. Is it proper to misrepresent the details? Everybody is aware of the details of that matter. It was not a secret,” Vijayan stated on the election assembly.
The Kerala authorities had moved the apex court docket looking for intervention alleging monetary strangulation by the union authorities.
Vijayan stated that after the listening to on the matter, the Supreme Courtroom requested the union authorities to allot Rs 13,000 crore which was rightfully resulting from Kerala. “You (BJP authorities) allotted it afterwards.
The Supreme Courtroom needed to intervene to get us what was rightfully resulting from us. On additional listening to the apex court docket stated Kerala has raised a critical matter involving fiscal federalism,” Vijayan added.
The court docket additionally shaped a five-judge Structure bench to listen to and settle the matter, he stated.
“What does it imply, Prime Minister? It means, the apex court docket accepted the rivalry of Kerala and actually, it was a setback for them in addition to the 18-member Congress-led UDF MPs,” Vijayan stated.
Earlier within the day, the chief minister lashed out on the Congress management together with Rahul Gandhi, and alleged that for the previous 5 years, the 18 UDF MPs from the state stood in opposition to the curiosity of Kerala within the Parliament and refused to talk up for the rights of the individuals of the southern state.
The Left chief additionally attacked the Congress management over numerous issues together with its stand on the CAA and the electoral bonds rip-off.
Reacting sharply to the Congress allegation that there was some understanding between the Left get together and the BJP, Vijayan raked up the DLF-Robert Vadra connection and focused AICC chief Priyanka Gandhi who was campaigning within the state.
“In 2019, 18 UDF members had been elected. We wish to ask whether or not any one in all these members stood for the curiosity of Kerala. They stood with the RSS agenda. They didn’t even care to criticise the union authorities within the Parliament. Have they uttered a single phrase for Kerala?,” Vijayan requested.
He stated when the Centre was financially strangulating the state, the UDF members refused to satisfy the Union Finance Minister and didn’t rise up for the rights of Kerala.
“They (Congress) needed in charge the Left authorities for the faults of the BJP-led union authorities,” Vijayan stated.
The state Congress management had lately alleged that there was some understanding between the BJP and the Left get together. Rahul Gandhi too had lashed out at Vijayan and puzzled why the Left chief was concentrating on him whereas he was combating in opposition to the BJP.
Vijayan stated the Citizenship Modification Act was the agenda of RSS and requested how a political get together just like the Congress may determine to not point out it in its election manifesto.
The senior Left chief claimed information stories had been indicating that strongly worded statements in opposition to CAA included within the draft of the Congress manifesto had been eliminated after the highest management intervened.
“When Sangh Parivar implements one in all its agenda, the secular-minded individuals oppose it. Rahul Gandhi ought to make it clear whether or not he’s a secular particular person or somebody with the identical mindset as that of the Sangh Parivar. How can the Congress not protest in opposition to such a Regulation?,” Vijayan requested.
Concentrating on Priyanka Gandhi, Vijayan referred to the CBI raids at a non-public firm DLF. He stated there have been allegations of land dealings between the corporate and Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi.
Vijayan claimed the corporate bought electoral bonds for Rs 170 crore after raids. “The identical BJP authorities later instructed the court docket that there was nothing unlawful with the transactions of the corporate. The raid and the case ended quickly after they paid the BJP by the electoral bonds,” Vijayan stated.
He additionally attacked the Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting, V D Satheesan, for his assertion that there was some understanding between the BJP and the LDF.
Mentioning numerous Congress leaders who’ve joined the BJP prior to now few months and DLF buying electoral bonds from the BJP, Vijayan requested Satheesan to not unfold lies in opposition to the Left get together.
“After receiving Rs 170 crore by electoral bonds from the DLF, the BJP stopped the raids. The BJP authorities gave a clear chit to DLF and Vadra. Now, Satheesan wants to clarify to us the understanding that occurred on this transaction,” Vijayan stated.
The Left chief additionally lashed out at Satheesan for claiming at a latest press assembly that the CPI(M) too obtained electoral bonds.
“The entire nation is aware of that the Left events had been in opposition to the electoral bond system because it quantities to corruption and that it was the CPI(M) which moved the Supreme Courtroom and uncovered it,” Vijayan stated.
Attacking Rahul Gandhi on his get together stand on the contentious CAA, Vijayan stated the Wayanad MP has not stated a single phrase in opposition to it.
“The Congress protested collectively with the Left in Kerala however later it withdrew from the agitation after the nationwide management opposed it. If we take a look at it, we are able to perceive that the Congress has not uttered a single phrase in opposition to the CAA outdoors Kerala,” Vijayan stated.
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