As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced plans to invite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to join "Jana Raksha Yatra" in Kerala, the CPI(M), which leads the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the state, took a dig at the saffron leader with a scathing tweet.
Reacting to the reports that Yogi would join the BJP's march in Kerala, the CPI(M) tweeted, "We invite UP CM Yogi to visit Kerala Hospitals to learn how to run Hospitals effectively!"
The tweet was a comment on deaths of over 290 children within a month at a hospital in Gorakhpur. Gorakhpur is the home district of CM Yogi Adityanath.
The UP Chief Minister left for ‘God’s own country’ on Tuesday evening to lead party’s pad yatra in Kannur on Wednesday. The "Jana Raksha Yatra" or "March for People's Protection" was launched by BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday from Payyannur in Kannur district.
The march, a show of strength by the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), will pass through 11 of the 14 districts in Kerala and end in Thiruvananthapuram on October 17 when Shah will be present again.
Apart from Yogi, senior union ministers, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states, will also join and address the Yatra.
The BJP, which has just one member in the 140-seat Kerala Assembly, is highlighting the issue of political killings through this Yatra.
While inaugurating the Yatra, Shah launched a scathing attack on Kerala's ruling LDF, saying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was to blame for the murders of BJP and RSS workers in the state.
