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Pinarayi flays ‘attempts to tarnish Kerala’s secular credentials’

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan singled out a Union Minister for allegedly breaking the law and challenging Kerala’s secular democratic traditions by making an incendiary post on a social media platform in the aftermath of the Kalamassery blasts. He strongly indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician would face prosecution.

At a hastily convened press conference soon after he arrived in Thiruvananthapuram from New Delhi on Sunday evening, Mr. Vijayan quoted the controversial post in detail without naming the individual.

Mr. Vijayan quoted: “Dirty shameless appeasement politics by a discredited CM (and HM) @pinarayivijayan besieged by corruption charges Sitting in Delhi and protesting against Israel, when in Kerala, open calls by Terrorist Hamas for Jihad is causing attacks and bomb blasts on innocent Christians. The price of appeasement politics of Cong and CPM will always be borne by innocents of all communities - That is what history has taught us. Brazen appeasement politics - shameless even by Cong/CPM/UPA/INDI alliance standards to invite Terrorist Hamas to spread hate & call for “Jihad” in Kerala. This is the height of irresponsible madness politics. Enough! ‘You can’t keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard’ - Hilary Rodham Clinton”.

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