India, March 11 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and two state cabinet ministers are likely to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event in Kochi on Wednesday where he will inaugurate a slew of projects for the state.

The principal reason behind the CM skipping the event is attributed to the non-inclusion of Public Works Minister (PWD) PA Mohammed Riyas from the event where the PM is set to inaugurate two important stretches of National Highway (NH) expansion, in which the state government has also allocated funds.

The CM's office has not formally issued a statement on the same.

Riyas told reporters on Wednesday that it was 'not good for democracy' that a state PWD is excluded from an event where NH works are being inaugura...