Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the BJP’s invitation to the IUML to join the NDA was not surprising. When pressed about BJP national executive member Sobha Surendran’s overture to the IUML, Mr. Vijayan said: “It is merely a public expression of the Congress-BJP-IUML axis. The IUML would not openly align with the BJP at least for now. It was characteristic of the UDF to align with the BJP to defeat the LDF electorally, he said. Both parroted the same set of lies against the LDF, Mr. Vijayan said.

Source: The Hindu February 25, 2021 15:15 UTC