New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reached Delhi for the first time after being re-elected. On Tuesday, he also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and on Thursday, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) organised a reception for him at the Kerala Bhavan in Delhi. Pinarayi Vijayan has revealed that during his meeting with the Prime Minister, he said to PM that now the elections are over, the Centre will have to discharge its responsibility towards the states. He further added that in response, the Prime Minister said that he would do the needful.
While addressing the Left leaders, activists and media present in Kerala Bhavan, CM Vijayan revealed the secret behind his success in Kerala. Pinarayi Vijayan is the first Chief Minister of Kerala to be re-elected and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is also the first coalition government in Kerala that successfully managed to retain power in the state.
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The Veteran CPI(M) leader considers the alternative policy of the government behind this and the public's trust as the main reason. He said that during the election, the LDF had placed a 900-point manifesto in front of the public and after forming the government, the work commenced on preparing a roadmap of fifty schemes in the very first cabinet meeting.
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Besides eradicating poverty, he reiterates his government's commitment to help people during the pandemic and at the same time, improve the quality of life of Keralites. In the previous government, LDF had made a total of 500 promises to the public, CM Vijayan claims that he has managed to fulfil 470 promises. The veteran CPI(M) leader said, "We issue our government's report card every year in which we inform people about the work done by the government and also reasons behind few pending works."
The Kerala CM added that his opponents and vested interests keep spreading a lot of false propaganda about his government because they cannot digest the fact that LDF is running the government without any hassles.
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