Modi Visits Kerala , Kerala Leaders not Interested

24 April 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in the state today, seems quite the persona non grata in Kerala with sections of both the ruling Congress-led front and the opposition Left refusing to share the stage with him.

Left leader and former minister NK Premachandran, and Kerala State Women’s Commission chairperson KC Rosakutty, a former Congress legislator, turned down an invitation to take part in an event at the Sivagiri Mutt, which is to be attended by Mr Modi.The first one to say no to a programme at the Mutt was veteran Left leader and former chief minister VS Achuthanandan.

State Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that all routine protocol for a visiting chief minister would be in place.”The top-most security cover would be provided as security is the subject of the state government. The Kerala police would be in full force,” said Radhakrishnan.

Kerala Labour Minister Shibu Baby John of the RSP (B), an ally of the ruling Congress here, had a tough time recently after reports surfaced that he had met Mr Modi in Gujarat last week. John came under heavy fire from both the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that demanded his resignation.

Source– http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/kerala-leaders-say-no-to-sharing-stage-with-narendra-modi-358348

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