Hyderabad, April 2 -- Telangana Communist Party of India (Marxist) Secretary John Wesley on Wednesday, April 1, criticised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for calling Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan a shadow of Prime Minister Modi.

In a statement, Wesley said, "Today, while campaigning in Kerala, the CM said voting for Vijayan is like voting for Modi and that the Kerala CM is a shadow of the Prime Minister."

He reminded Reddy that the latter had referred to Modi as his elder brother during the PM's visit to Telangana. Wesley also criticised the CM for appealing to the people to vote for the United Democratic Front led by the Congress in Kerala. "In Telangana, you allocate 8 per cent of the budget to education while the Liberal Democratic Front ...