Alappuzha: Congress is spreading false narratives about the government's outreach programme Nava Kerala Sadas. The Chief Minister's statement came in response to the opposition outreach programme' Nava Kerala Sadas', Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged on Friday. He brushed off allegations that he insulted Kerala Congress (M) MP Thomas Chazhikadan during a recent event, PTI reported.
Kerala Congress (M) is a main partner of CPI(M)-led LDF.
Congress alleged that insulting Chazhikadan was an affront to the late KC(M) leader, K M Mani. The alleged insulting incident took place in Pala, which is Mani's stronghold.
On Friday, Vijayan reacted by saying the Chazhikadan, the Kottayam MP, was present throughout the event at Pala, emphasising that nobody had been disrespected.
According to him, the focus was on explaining issues in detail to the people.
The ace leader of the communist party in Kerala, Vijayan, said, "There are no issues between us, between Nava Kerala Sadas and the Kottayam MP."
Taking on the Congress, he said: "When the Congress doesn't have anything else to accuse us of, they create issues out of nothing. They enjoy crafting fake narratives and trying to establish complaints that don't exist. This is a type of mental illness."
During the Nava Kerala Sadas programme in Pala, Chazhikadan raised certain demands for his constituency. Vijayan reportedly said that the Kottayam MP had brought up matters that did not align well with the objectives of the Nava Kerala Sadas programme.
Attacking the CM and the Left party, KPCC president K Sudhakaran said that Vijayan had insulted Chazhikadan, who had been toiling for many days, to make the Nava Kerala Sadas a success. He sought an apology from the chief minister.
The Congress leader had said that by insulting Chazhikkadan, Vijayan had insulted around 12 lakh rubber farmers whose issues the MP had raised at the event.
Sudhakaran alleged that the Left government was taking no action even after the price of rubber had fallen below Rs 140 per kg. Kerala Congress (M) was insulted at a constituency where K M Mani was elected 13 times, Sudhakaran alleged.