Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s hostility towards the Union External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, stems from his antagonism towards the federal system, BJP State president K. Surendran has said.
Even the presence of the Union Minister seems to make the Chief Minister restless, he said.
It is not the Union Minister who overstepped the Centre-State boundaries but it was the Chief Minister and his Cabinet members who violated the protocol. Mr. Vijayan should explain on what authority his government directly interacted with the consulate of a foreign nation, Mr. Surendran said.
