Quotes by Pinarayi Vijayan - Page 2

The slogan we have put forward is not just 'rehabilitation and reconstruction,' but 'build a new Kerala.' We will build a better Kerala.
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Reconstruction
Rehabilitation
Slogan
Better New Will
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We have no prejudiced stand, nor are we aggressive on the Sabarimala issue. The government is duty-bound to implement the Supreme Court order.
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Aggressive
Supreme
Supreme Court
Implement
Prejudiced
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Why is Kerala distinct from many other states? It is simply because of the glorious movements of reforms that brought renaissance to the state.
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Glorious
Renaissance
Distinct
Reforms
Movements
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It is unfortunate that a party like the Congress, which had a role in social reforms as part of the national movement, has aligned with RSS and BJP.
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Unfortunate
Aligned
Reforms
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Our freedom fighters have struggled to oust imperial forces and establish a secular nation. It cannot be broken by the Sangh Parivar and Modi easily.
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Secular
Establish
Fighters
Imperial
Struggled
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I have worked as a party secretary in Kerala. I had been assigned the responsibility of party secretary while I was a minister in the state government.
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Secretary
State Government
Assigned
Minister
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In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished away.
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Smooth
Governments
Imperative
Ours
Overall
Polity
State Governments
Wished
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Don't turn a blind eye to corruption. Effective and strong intervention is needed to make administration corruption free down to the level of village office.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Blind
Corruption
Village
Blind Eye
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Our party is not like the Congress, where leaders are more important than the party and ethics. In our party, people and workers are more important than leaders.
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Ethics
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The propaganda that Kerala is a trouble-torn state is a matter of concern. Such a false propaganda will adversely impact its investment and development prospects.
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Concern
Development
Impact
Investment
Matter
Propaganda
False
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Non-Resident Keralites are a major strength to our State. They have immensely contributed to the development of the State and our economy heavily depends on them.
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Depends
Immensely
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Kerala is called 'God's own country.' We need to make sure it is really so, for which we should ensure the entire state, including rivers and backwaters, are clean.
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Clean
Including
Rivers
Ensure
Entire
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When a temple catches fire, irrespective of their faith, everyone works to douse the flames. Similarly, all parties worked against the forces that imposed Emergency.
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Flames
Emergency
Imposed
Irrespective
Similarly
Temple
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As the Chief Minister, I make it a point that review meetings are conducted every day - sometimes more than thrice a day - involving heads of all departments concerned.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Involving
Day Sometimes Every Day
Chief
Departments
Heads
Minister
Review
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The U.A.E. cannot be considered as any other nation as their rulers have underlined. Indians, especially Keralites, have contributed immensely in their nation building.
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Rulers
Immensely
Indians
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Kerala has always evoked the curiosity of the world at large. We have contributed immensely in enriching such ideals which an egalitarian world would cherish to uphold.
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Cherish
Curiosity
Enriching
Ideals
Egalitarian
Immensely
Large
Uphold
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Look what happened in Assam where the NRC was rolled out. Poor people with no way to find their documents were affected the most. And among them, the majority were Hindus.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Affected
Documents
Poor People
Where Look People
Look People Way
Hindus
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India belongs to Indians of all kinds. Efforts to undermine this fact will only take our country backwards and destroy our hard-fought freedom. We must not let that happen.
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Backwards
Belongs
Destroy
Efforts
Indians
Undermine
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It's clear that the RSS is directly taking key decisions on behalf of the BJP. RSS policies are not compliant with our country's interests. The RSS doesn't accept secularism.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Behalf
Clear
Secularism
Decisions
Accept
Compliant
Directly
Interests
Policies
Taking
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Sabarimala is a unique place of worship where members of all faiths are free to go. It may be true that RSS and its B team, Congress, may be trying to whip up caste sentiments.
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Sentiments
Worship
Be True
Caste
Faiths
Whip
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Water Metro is the first water transport system of its kind in India. The project will be implemented in a timely manner and the first phase will become a reality in March 2020.
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Metro
Timely
Transport
First Phase
Implemented
Manner
Phase
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We are for abstinence, not prohibition. Prohibition leads to many socio-legal problems. Wherever liquor has been prohibited, there is a tendency to consume through illegal means.
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Abstinence
Illegal
Liquor
Consume
Leads
Problems
Prohibited
Tendency
Wherever
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When disaster strikes, our prime objective is to save the maximum number of people. As the person heading the government, my duty is to provide all support to the flood-affected.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Disaster
Maximum
Strikes
Government People Duty
Government Support People
Heading
Objective
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Every time they came to power, the Congress engaged in large scale corruption. Even when they were in power, they did nothing to stop the hoarding of black money in offshore havens.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Corruption
Engaged
Hoarding
Offshore
Time Power Money
Scale
Haven
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Historically, Kerala has been performing well on the social sector. Public health, education, and awareness have always been our core areas on which we built up our social infrastructure.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Infrastructure
Public Health
Historically
Sector
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Issuing orders and circulars without errors and in the proper way is crucial for efficient administration. This is why the Secretariat Office Manual mandates scrutiny at different levels.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Crucial
Different Levels
Efficient
Levels
Mandates
Scrutiny
Orders
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With the advancements made in the medical field, we dealt with the Nipah virus and later established the Virology institute. This gave us the confidence to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Institute
Established
Dealt
Pandemic
Virus
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In our manifesto we have said that we will focus on reducing the demand for liquor through awareness campaigns. We will also make it an offense to serve liquor to anyone below the age of 23.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Campaigns
Demand
Liquor
Offense
Reducing
Below
Manifesto
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The government's policy is to ensure a smooth environment where all political parties can function freely. The government will take appropriate action if anyone adopts a stand different from it.
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Appropriate
Function
Political Parties
Adopt
Ensure
Freely
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As far as the Congress and the BJP go, we should not forget that they have not even apologized for the genocides in 1984 and 2002, which the Indian society as a whole holds them responsible for.
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Apologized
Holds
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States with their limited resources will have to shoulder the greater burden of economic crisis that will follow the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial package announced by the Centre is inadequate.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Burden
Centre
Crisis
Economic Crisis
Financial
Greater
Inadequate
Limited Resources
Resources
Announced
Follow
Package
Pandemic
Shoulder
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If you go through the history of communal violence in our country, you will find that just before the violence there will be a phase of rumor-mongering by RSS. They will unleash a campaign of lies.
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Communal
Phase
Unleash
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The orders and directives issued on the basis of government decisions should be exhaustive and factual. Deep and thorough examination is required before taking a decision on important policy matters.
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Examination
Factual
Thorough
Directive
Exhaustive
Orders
Required
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Over the last few decades, apart from other factors, direct or tacit prodding by the Centre has influenced Indian corporate groups' decisions on project sites... Politics cannot be separated from it.
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Centre
Corporate
Decades
Factors
Tacit
Influenced
Separated
Sites
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The Left forces have a strong and growing presence in universities, youth organizations, and among trade unions and farmer organizations... This strength is bound to reflect in the parliamentary arena.
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Arena
Parliamentary
Trade
Trade Unions
Unions
Youth
Among
Bound
Organizations
Farmer
Forces
Presence
Reflect
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You shall have to be able to oppose communalism, only then can you say you are secular. Many political parties which claim to be secular show their weakness when it comes to the fight against communalism.
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Political Parties
Secular
Weakness
Claim
Oppose
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Sangh Parivar criminals get protection in certain BJP-run states such as U.P. and Gujarat. Such protection is unavailable in Kerala. There is no special law for Sangha Parivar. All criminals are brought to book here.
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Criminals
Protection
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I must say the geographically small State of Kerala has been traditionally influencing the discourse of the country with progressive ideas and innovative programs. Its voice really transcends the physical boundaries of the State.
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Boundaries
Discourse
Innovative
Influencing
Programs
Transcends
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Some vested interests have an inclination to tarnish the image of those in politics and there have been occasions when some people have fallen for such tendencies. A democratic society can go forward only after rectifying such outlooks.
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Democratic Society
Fallen
Inclination
Vested Interests
Politics Society People
Vested
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We are fighting the BJP and the Congress at both the state and national levels. People know them to be two sides of the same coin. However, our primary goal is to defeat the BJP as it is led by the RSS, and they exhibit fascist tendencies.
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Defeat
Levels
Sides
Coin
Exhibit
Fascist
Primary Goal
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Those who are talking about withdrawing funds and grants to the states should understand that the Centre gets revenue from the states. They should realize that states like Kerala, get only a fraction in return, for every rupee that it pays to the Centre.
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Centre
Grants
Revenue
Withdrawing
Fraction
Funds
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Positioning one leader against another is not necessarily how our democracy functions. We do not directly elect the president or the prime minister. We choose parties based on their policies, and their efficacy depends on how well they implement their policies.
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Depends
Efficacy
Prime Minister
Directly
Elect
Functions
Implement
Minister
Positioning
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There are no dams in Achankovil, Manimala, and Chaliyar rivers. Water in Achankovil flooded Pandalam, Manimala flooded Thiruvalla, and Chaliyar flooded Nilambur. So, based on what logic is someone saying that the reason for the floods is the opening of reservoirs?
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Dams
Logic
Opening
Rivers
Flooded
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Everyone eats all kinds of food in Kerala. Kerala is one of the states where life span is the highest; and lifespan is closely linked to food habits. In Kerala, people are generally non-vegetarians. If it was bad for health, life expectancy would not have been so good.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Expectancy
Life Expectancy
Linked
Life Health Good
Closely
Eats
Generally
Habits
Span
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Different Left governments holding office before the High Court verdict of 1991 never tried to prevent the entry of menstruating women into Sabarimala. In the same way, Left governments never acted in opposition against the High Court verdict of 1991, which restricted the women entry.
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Entry
Verdict
Acted
Governments
Holding
Prevent
Restricted
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Usually it is good to spread some light. The problem is that lakhs of people, like our workers, small-scale businesses, the tourism sector, restaurants, holiday resorts, lakhs of them, are in trouble and we should be able to spread light to them. For that, good financial support is needed.
Pinarayi Vijayan /
Financial Support
Holiday
Restaurants
Spread
Tourism
Sector
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