Pinarayi Vijayan: India Today exposed Adityanath's lies on condition of Kerala hospitals

"They showed the facilities of a small district hospital in Thalasserry, which was compared with a hospital in UP. Everyone understood what was right and wrong," said Vijayan.

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

In Short

  • Pinarayi Vijayan lauded India Today for its comparison story on hospitals in Kerala, UP.
  • Vijayan was speaking at the inaugural function of LDF-lead Janajagratha Yatra in Kerala.
  • Earlier, Adityanath said that hospitals in Kerala should learn from his home state UP.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan lauded India Today TV for its comparison story on hospitals in Kerala and UP. Vijayan was speaking at the inaugural function of LDF-lead Janajagratha Yatra in Kerala.

The septuagenarian said, India Today TV exposed the false claims made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

During Jan Raksha Yatra many senior BJP leaders came to Kerala as a part of their campaign.

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On the second day, Adityanath said that hospitals in Kerala should learn from his home state UP.

However, India Today news channel exposed Yogi's false claims by comparing the condition hospitals in both states.

"They showed the facilities of a small district hospital in Thalasserry, which was compared with a hospital in UP. Everyone understood what was right and wrong," said Vijayan.

During his speech Vijayan showered the BJP and RSS with criticism naming demonotisation, GST and the increasing numbers of attack on minorities.

Vijayan who started off his speech with an attack on PM Modi said that the Centre has failed to deliver on its promises even after 3 years.

"The central policies have benifitted only the corporates and not the common people. The financial reforms which were executed without perspective have landed our economy in trouble", Vijayan added.