Kerala chief secretary to study Gujarat model

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's CPI(M)-led LDF government has decided to send a two-member high-level official team to Gujarat this week to study a system aiding good governance introduced by the BJP-ruled state, sparking a row in the southern state.

Kerala Chief Secretary V P Joy and his staff officer Umesh NSK will visit the BJP-ruled state from April 27 to April 29 to attend the presentation on the Gujarat Chief Minister's Dashboard system for project implementation in the western state.

The Left government's decision to send its top officials to Gujarat was criticised by the Congress and the Muslim League. The BJP welcomed the decision.

Attacking the state government over the issue, state Congress chief K Sudhakaran sought to know whether the CPI(M)-led government was planning to emulate in Kerala the model followed in Gujarat, "a breeding ground of extreme Hindutva ideologies which is soaked in blood of the minorities." (PTI)