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
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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
