BJP flays LDF decision not to air PM speech

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Sep 11 2017 | 11:28 PM IST
: The BJP in Kerala today today flayed the CPI(M) led LDF government's refusal to telecast in colleges the speech delivered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's address in Chicago in 1893.
BJP National Executive membe P K Krishnadas told reporters here that government's refusal to air the speech was an 'insult' to Swami Vivekananda and against federal principles.
He wanted the Governor Justice P Sathavisam, who is also the chancellor of the universities in the state, to seek an explanattion from universities in this regard.
Krishnadas also alleged that the ruling CPI(M) was trying to create trouble during the sree krishna jayanti day tomorrow by organisng processions on the same route where the 'sobha yatra' was planned.

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First Published: Sep 11 2017 | 11:28 PM IST

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