Kerala being punished for not accepting BJP: Pinarayi

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan criticized both the BJP-led Union government and the Congress-led Opposition in Kerala, accusing them of neglecting the state's development. He alleged that the Centre was attempting to financially choke Kerala due to political hostility towards its refusal to align with the BJP. Mr. Vijayan also accused the Congress of failing to raise its voice against the Centre’s discrimination and claimed that the state’s long-pending demand for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences had been ignored in the budget.