Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on November 23, 2023 slammed Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan for his “intemperate outbursts and use of offensive remarks”, which the former alleged were increasingly bordering on the personal.
Speaking to reporters in Wayanad, Mr. Vijayan said Mr. Satheesan seemed to be giving vent to his anger that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition’s much tom-tommed boycott of the Cabinet’s public outreach programme, Navakerala Sadas, had petered out.
Mr. Vijayan said “personal insults and abusive language” against him would not retard the momentum of the programme. “People are at the venues by seven in the morning to directly present their needs to the Cabinet. They leave the venue feeling gratified”, he said.
