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The Hindu Bureau

Kerala CM accuses Centre of failing to rein in prices

The rush of people on the first day of the Onam fair organised by Supplyco in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Statewide Onam fairs on the day. (Source: By Special Arrangement)

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Centre of failing to bring prices under control and claimed that Kerala had the lowest inflation rate in the country due to effective market intervention by the State government.

Addressing a gathering at the Putharikandam maidan here on Friday after inaugurating the Statewide network of Onam fairs by the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco), he said the Centre had turned a blind eye to the impact of price rise on the people.

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