Today Delhi, tomorrow Kerala: BJP leader V Muraleedharan
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (PTI): Buoyed with the BJP winning the assembly elections in Delhi, party leader V Muraleedharan on Saturday said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should be ready for a similar outcome in Kerala.
"Today Delhi, tomorrow Kerala," Muraleedharan said, while speaking to reporters here, adding that the poll outcome in the national capital was an indication of the fate that awaits those who are corrupt.
The BJP leader alleged that former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was involved in the liquor scam and other corrupt activities and the people did not believe his claims of being targeted politically by his opponents.
He said the poll results were also a message "that people will sweep away the corrupt persons from power".
"This win is against corruption and arrogance," he added.
Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran took a dig at the CPI(M) by saying that it got only 0.01 per cent of the votes polled in Delhi despite there being 22 constituencies where Malayalees have a decisive vote.
"In CPI(M)-ruled Kerala, the BJP's vote share is about 20 per cent. In Delhi, which is going to be ruled by the BJP, the CPI(M) got only 0.01 per cent of the votes," Surendran said in a Facebook post.
Earlier, Muraleedharan claimed that the people of Delhi wanted a 'double engine' government after seeing the administration by the governments in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
The BJP leader also contended that Kejriwal was a close friend of Vijayan and one of the persons allegedly involved in the Delhi liquor scam was given the responsibility of setting up a brewery unit in Palakkad district of the state.
"The Delhi poll results should be a lesson for Pinarayi Vijayan as to the fate that awaits corrupt persons. It also indicates that Kerala will deliver a similar verdict," he said.
Of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly, the BJP has won 40 seats and the AAP 19, according to the latest Election Commission figures.
The BJP is all set to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 years.
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
