The Kerala government is battling political backlash as it races to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state capital. Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, Union minister V Muraleedharan and state BJP president blamed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for going ahead with the KEAM examination on Thursday as cases continued to rise. On Tuesday, the CM had said the state was in the third stage of virus transmission in which virus spread in some clusters. New clusters feared in ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram had gone into triple lockdown on July 6, which was extended for another week on July 10 as cases continued rise in the district. Politicians have hit out at the government for going ahead with the exam despite calls to postpone it.

Source: Huffington Post July 17, 2020 09:11 UTC