Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has joined his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin in slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “shifting” the blame for the spiralling fuel prices to a “few States”.
At a COVID-19 review meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Modi had singled out the States, including Kerala, for not following the Centre's example and slashing the local levy on fuel to cushion the crippling inflationary fall out of the soaring price of international crude.
Mr. Vijayan said Mr. Modi's remarks went against the grain of the founding principle of cooperative federalism, wherein the country's progress depended upon the active collaboration of the Centre and State.
