CM junks BJP’s allegation of not inviting Union min

Thiruvananthapuram: Refuting allegations by the BJP, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Union minister of state V Muraleedharan had been invited for the MPs’ conference held on Tuesday. He attended the meeting too before leaving it early, the chief minister said.
“The invitation of the meeting was sent to the minister’s office and even the link for the video conferencing was sent to them. It was received and they had connected the minister for the conference through this link. It was informed that he had to leave since he had some prior appointments,” said the chief minister.
He slammed V Muraleedharan for making controversies while occupying a responsible position. “It is up to the people of Kerala to say whether the home quarantine (HQ) was a success or not,” said Vijayan, on the allegation made by the Union minister that HQ was a failure in the state.
It is most unfortunate that people holding such responsible positions are making such baseless allegations, the CM said.
“Neither ICMR nor have any officials in the ministry of health criticized any decision taken by the state for Covid prevention. Then how can a minister holding such position say that Kerala is going against ICMR guidelines,” asked the chief minister.