Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family of piggybacking on public funds for junkets in foreign countries.
The row over the European tour of Ministers also found resonance on social media, with scores of posts trolling the photograph of Mr. Vijayan and others in front of Karl Marx’s tomb in Highgate cemetery at North London in England finding online traction.
Mr. Vijayan's family are seen posing alongside General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, and NoRKA vice chairman P. Sreeramakrishnan at the Marx memorial.
