AP Abdullakutty appointed Kerala BJP Vice President
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 22: Former Kannur MP A P Abdullakutty,who recently joined the BJP,has been appointed as the state Vice President of the saffron party's Kerala unit.
The announcement was made by party state President P S Sreedharan Pillai at a press conference here.
"Abdullakutty has been appointed as the state vice president of the party,'' he said.
Pillai also dismissed the various exit poll results by various media houses on the outcome of the bypolls to five assembly constituencies in Kerala held on Monday, predicting that the BJP-NDA would not fare well.
"We do not subscribe to the current exit poll results brought out by many media channels.
That's not the original position," he said adding the voting percentage had gone down due to the rains.
Meanwhile, reacting to his elevation as the party's state Vice President, Abdullakutty said that the BJP had given him a huge responsibility.
"Yes my ideologies have changed and I will work for the betterment of the people of Kerala. It's a huge responsibility," he told reporters.
A two-time CPI(M) MP, Abdullakutty was first expelled from the Left party in 2009 for expressing admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister.
Kutty later joined the Congress and was elected to the state assembly twice.
The Congress had on June 3 this year expelled him from the party days after he lavished praise on the Prime minister for the BJP-led NDA's massive victory in the 2019 general election.
In a Facebook post, Abdullakutty had said the NDA's victory was an acceptance of Modi's development agenda and the secret of his success was that he adopted Gandhian values.
Ex Congress leader A.P Abdullakkutty and present SNDP Yogam Assistant Secretary K. A. Bahuleyan appointed Vice President and Secretary respectively of @BJP4Keralam pic.twitter.com/IinhL8Vc7u
— BJP KERALAM (@BJP4Keralam) October 22, 2019
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Taught me lessons I'll carry for life: Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket
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Mumbai: Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, bringing an end to a remarkable chapter in the sport that redefined India’s dominance in red-ball cricket.
The star batter took to social media to announce his decision. He stated that stepping away from this format of the game is not easy but “it feels right”.
“I have given it everything I had, and it’s given me back so much more than I could have hoped for,” the 36-year-old said.
Kohli shared that he will always look back at this test career with a smile. He spoke of his deep connection to the traditional format, stating,” There’s something deeply personal about playing in whites. The quiet grind, the long days, the small moments that no one sees but that stay with you forever.”
Kohli has played 210 Test innings, amassing 9,230 runs at an impressive average of over 45. His tally includes 30 centuries and 31 fifties, cementing his legacy as of the finest Test cricketers the sport has seen.
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