Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Apr 28: Mangaluru south MLA Vedavyasa Kamath took on to twitter to express his unhappiness on Kerala chief minister (CM) Pinarayi Vijayan instructing state officials to seal borders of his own state.
The MLA tweeted, “Now we can clearly see the Double Standards of @vijayanpinarayi, sealing the borders of TN and KTKA. When DK Administration closed borders as Pro active procedures, Kerala CM went to SC and now seals his own state borders. This is a Face palm moment.”
It may be recalled, CM Pinarayi Vijayan was very angry when Dakshina Kannada district administration had sealed it border with Kerala state. He had demanded for opening the road, exerted pressure through officials to achieve what he desired, and then approached Supreme Court, insisting that Karnataka was wrong in sealing its border. Now he himself has instructed state officials to seal borders of his own state. He appears to have undergone the transformation very fast, and has therefore been coming in for lot of flak from the people.
Vijayan passed an order on Monday, to close the state's border with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to ensure that people from these states do not cross to Kerala.
MLA Vedavyasa Kamath (left) and Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan
He issued this instruction at the meeting he held with the district collectors and police officers where the COVID 19 situation was reviewed. He too this decision in view of the sharp rise in coronavirus positive cases being reported form Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states in the recent past.
It may be recalled that Kerala government had approached Supreme Court against Karnataka's decision to restrict entry into the state from other states. Later, as per Supreme Court guidelines, clear guidelines were formulated to allow patients other than coronavirus infected ones entry into Karnataka subject to satisfaction of certain conditions.