Kerala CM, Congress, Omar slam Yogi Adityanath for his 'Kerala, Kashmir' statement

The Left and Congress leaders of Kerala, including CM Pinarayi Vijayan as well former J&K CM Omar Abdullah have slammed UP CM Yogi Adityanath's polling day message on Thursday to voters that if they failed to vote to extend five-years reign in UP, "it would not take much time for Uttar Pradesh to become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal"

Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of Kerala's LDF government, gave a tit-for-tat response to his UP counterpart. "If UP turns into Kerala as Yogi Adityanath fears, it will enjoy the best education, health services, social welfare, living standards and have a harmonious society in which people won't be murdered in the name of religion and caste. That's what the people of UP would want."

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah chided the UP CM for his remarks about Kashmir and a took pot-shot at the Central rule in J&K. "He (Yogi) should be so lucky. J&K has less poverty, better human development indices, less crime and generally better standards of living than UP. What we lack is good governance over the last 3-4 years but that is a temporary phenomenon."

Kerala's leader of the opposition VD Satheesan responded with his own polling day message to the UP voters; "Dear UP, vote to be like Kerala. Choose plurality, harmony, inclusive development to medieval bigotry. Keralites, Bengalis and Kashmiris are also proud Indians. #Kerala #democracy # religious harmony # UPElections 2022," the Congress leader said.

Congress' Shashi Tharoor Tweeted; "UP will turn into Kashmir, Bengal or Kerala if BJP doesn't come to power, @myogiadityanathtells voters. UP should be so lucky!! Kashmir's beauty, Bengal's culture & Kerala's education would do wonders for the place. UP's wonderful: pity about its Govt."