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.
"The agencies of the government of India are already on the job of investigating the bomb blasts that happened in the prayer meeting in Kerala.... This issue of the bomb blast is being utilised by the state government to raise allegations against the BJP and in particular against Union Minis
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."
Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda on Monday joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) protest against the Kerala government and said "This government is trying to sabotage the central government's schemes."
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".
"Those who are critically ill have burns above 50-60 per cent. Four are critically ill, rest are almost stable. All of them have burns, but no other injuries are found. They have burns. Let the police conduct the inquiry, they will answer all the questions," George said.
After a series of blasts at a prayer meeting in Kerala's Kalamassery jolted the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary M V Govindan has said that the incident has to be investigated if it has a connection with the Palestine issue.