New Delhi, March 11 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and ministers decided to stay away from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official event in the state on Wednesday, following the alleged exclusion of the state's PWD Minister PA Mohammed Riyas from the event.

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to inaugurate various development projects, including the first stretch of the six-lane expansion of National Highway 66, during the official programme here by 1.30 PM.

The projects to be inaugurated include the Thalappady-Chengala stretch of NH 66 and the Vengalam-Ramanattukara stretch of the Kozhikode bypass, both upgraded to six lanes.

Kerala is going to the assembly polls in a few months.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan won't attend t...