Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday accused the BJP-led Union government of trying to destroy the state by ‘squeezing’ it financially.
The left leader said that the Union government was trying to impose a peculiar kind of “financial pressure” on Kerala with an objective to destroy it. Vijayan was charging the Union government with attempting to curtail even the limited rights of the state.
Vijayan was speaking after inaugurating the state conference of the PSC employees union here.
“Our state’s deserved revenue grant is slashed and effort is on to curtail its borrowing limit. The attempt is to push our state into a deep crisis,” Kerala CM said.
The Narendra Modi government was continuing its efforts to violate the federal principles prevalent in the country, according to the Marxist veteran.
Claiming that the union government was ‘usurping’ the powers of the state, Vijayan added this has become a “bane” for the country, PTI agency reported.
The Union’s attitude was “we can do anything and you cannot”, he said, adding that it was even trying to take over the cooperative sector.
By keeping one million positions vacant, the union government was trying to destroy the employment sector of the country, he added.
