Calling the appointment of an IAS officer as 'Foreign Secretary' in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan a blatant overreach and violation of the Constitution, BJP Kerala president K Surendran on Saturday said this unconstitutional move sets a dangerous precedent.
His entry into the Union Council of Ministers of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is a surprise. He is the second Union minister from Kerala, the other being the actor-politician Suresh Gopi.
Surendran said the LDF government’s decision to withdraw the cases registered against CAA protestors while not dropping the cases registered against the Ayyappa devotees during the Sabarimala agitations, shows the LDF government’s double-standard.
BJP state president K Surendran has on Wednesday stated that some congress leaders are waiting to join the saffron party in Kerala. .
Congress MP Anto Antony had said Pakistan had no role in the Pulwama terror attack.
Padmaja’s decision to quit the grand old party and join the BJP has sent shock waves to the Congress in Kerala. However, the BJP may not get much political dividends by her entry into the party. But the psychological impact that will be there on the political scene in Kerala may not be minimal.
Padmaja was welcomed into the party fold at the BJP headquarters in Delhi by Prakash Javadekar.
