Kerala Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan on Wednesday slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government for organising the "extravagant" 'Keraleeyam 2023' while the state is undergoing the "biggest debt crisis" in its history.
On the occasion of the 67th Kerala formation day, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan extended his wishes to all Keralites.
Calling for 'unity' and 'growth', the CM avered to make Kerala a better state by eradicating caste and religious differences.
Cabinet ministers, diplomatic representatives of the UAE, South Korea, Norway, and Cuba, film stars Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, and prominent industrialists participated in the program.
The seventh edition of the Kerala Literature Festival is all set to be held from January 11 to 14, 2024 on the beaches of Kozhikode. With the reverberating success of KLF 2023 and a half-million-footfall, KLF has become Asia's Largest Literature Festival, said organisers.
Calling the incident "shocking", Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) PC Chacko on late Monday said that Kerala which was rocked by multiple explosions on Sunday morning is, unlike other states famous for "communal harmony" and such incident" has never happened in Kerala."
Union Minister of State for Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday hit back at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's jibe for his "appeasement politics" remarks over blasts a day ago in Kochi and said that to "accuse him of being communal is to be a liar".
"A special team led by ADGP Law and Order will be investigating this incident...20 members will be in the investigating team," Vijayan said at a press conference.