New Delhi: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence and expressed the state's reservation on the privatisation of Thiruvananthapuram international airport.
This is the first time that the Left leader is meeting Modi after the latter assumed office for the second time following the BJP-led NDA's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting took place when Vijayan was in New Delhi to attend the Niti Aayog meeting.
During the brief meeting, attended by state PWD minister G Sudhakaran and chief secretary Tom Jose, Vijayan submitted a memorandum citing various demands including further aid for rebuilding the flood-hit state.
Official sources said the chief minister requested the Centre to retain the airport in the public sector and not to hand over its management to any private company.
Kerala's concern over its reported exclusion from the priority list of the national highway development and the need to get more central assistance for various projects also figured in the discussion, which lasted for around 15 minutes, they added.
16/06/19 My Nation
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This is the first time that the Left leader is meeting Modi after the latter assumed office for the second time following the BJP-led NDA's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting took place when Vijayan was in New Delhi to attend the Niti Aayog meeting.
During the brief meeting, attended by state PWD minister G Sudhakaran and chief secretary Tom Jose, Vijayan submitted a memorandum citing various demands including further aid for rebuilding the flood-hit state.
Official sources said the chief minister requested the Centre to retain the airport in the public sector and not to hand over its management to any private company.
Kerala's concern over its reported exclusion from the priority list of the national highway development and the need to get more central assistance for various projects also figured in the discussion, which lasted for around 15 minutes, they added.
16/06/19 My Nation
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