The CPI(M)’s hatred for Prime Minister Modi’s brand of politics has not come in it’s way of studying and replicating the Gujarat Model of development. The CPI(M)-led Government in Kerala has deputed a high level delegation that includes Chief Secretary VP Joy to Gandhi Nagar in Gujarat to study the pattern of development and project monitoring by Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues. The Kerala Government is under pressure to rectify its basic services like State Transport Corporation and Electricity Board which are plagued by issues like workers indiscipline and rudderless management.
While Leader of Opposition VD Satheeshan ridiculed the Kerala Government for its new found love for Gujarat, A P Abdullakutty, national vice president of the BJP said that he had been asking chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to follow the Gujarat Model for the last ten years. The chief secretary and his staff officer left for Gujarat on Wednesday where they are expected to interact with chief minister
“This is an open admission about the secret deal between the BJP and the CPI(M),” said Satheeshan reacting to the chief secretary’s trip to Gujarat. He said that there was nothing to be replicated in Kerala from Gujarat and pointed out that there were many mysteries behind the chief secretary’s trip to Gujarat. “Next, Vijayan may depute a team to New Delhi to study the Narendra Modi model development at the Centre.” He said.
Abdullakutty, the BJP leader was a CPI(M) leader and he was expelled from the party for visiting Gujarat and openly complimenting the Narendra Modi style of governance.