Incumbent MP and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency Shashi Tharoor has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of propagating falsehoods among coastal communities in a bid to sway votes in the region.
Addressing media persons here on Sunday, he lashed out at National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar for allegedly dishing out lies during a recent visit to Pozhiyoor, near Neyyattinkara. The BJP leader, Mr. Tharoor said, claimed to have found solutions to the plight of coastal residents “within a few hours”, while blaming him for doing nothing to stem the coastal erosion in the area.
He pointed out his repeated attempts to rope in the Centre’s assistance to resolve the State’s coastal woes were turned down. While the issue was raised at the Parliament too, he was provided with a response that “shoreline protection is in the mandate of the State government and the Central government is not able to assist”, Mr. Tharoor said.
