Centre continuing negative stand towards Kerala: CM Vijayan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: (Jul 3) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has claimed that the BJP-led central government's negative stand is continuing as it rejected the state's demand for additional rice allocation for the Onam festival season.

The CM, in a Facebook post, has called for a united protest by all political parties against the alleged anti-Kerala stand of the central government.

He said that Kerala demanded that five kilograms of rice per card be provided to non-priority families at the rate of Rs 8.30 currently being provided to the state as a tide-over allocation.