Quotes from Pinarayi Vijayan

We have to continue to resist all attempts to change our constitution.

From my experience, I can tell you, a party general secretary naturally cannot take care of the responsibilities of a parliamentarian.

Our country is secular and Kerala is one state where it plays out at its best.

States with their limited resources will have to shoulder the greater burden of economic crisis that will follow the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial package announced by the Centre is inadequate.

Kerala has set an example in providing facilities for Haj pilgrimage. People are working as volunteers in Haj camps without honorarium.

Those who are talking about withdrawing funds and grants to the states should understand that the Centre gets revenue from the states. They should realize that states like Kerala, get only a fraction in return, for every rupee that it pays to the Centre.

Central aid never comes in one disbursal; it comes in phases.

A move to decide citizenship on the basis of religion amounts to rejecting the Constitution.

The Left Front, being an egalitarian political force, has always supported removing untouchability and discrimination in society.

We have no prejudiced stand, nor are we aggressive on the Sabarimala issue. The government is duty-bound to implement the Supreme Court order.

Kerala is called 'God's own country.' We need to make sure it is really so, for which we should ensure the entire state, including rivers and backwaters, are clean.

Water Metro is the first water transport system of its kind in India. The project will be implemented in a timely manner and the first phase will become a reality in March 2020.

Rebuilding Kerala has to do with creating climate-resilient infrastructure and realising sustainable livelihoods.

You shall have to be able to oppose communalism, only then can you say you are secular. Many political parties which claim to be secular show their weakness when it comes to the fight against communalism.

The Kerala Police is the best law and order force and investigation agency in the country.

Look what happened in Assam where the NRC was rolled out. Poor people with no way to find their documents were affected the most. And among them, the majority were Hindus.

The Left government has been consistent in its approach to a development process that takes environment into consideration.

There's nothing wrong in our dam management and such allegations are baseless.

Over the last few decades, apart from other factors, direct or tacit prodding by the Centre has influenced Indian corporate groups' decisions on project sites... Politics cannot be separated from it.

Encroachment upon the powers and rights of States also goes against the grain of the Constitution and federal principles.

The Left is not a major electoral force in many states; in some, we are practically not there.

Non-Resident Keralites are a major strength to our State. They have immensely contributed to the development of the State and our economy heavily depends on them.

Leaders in the LDF are united and there are no differences.

Controversies will disappear once you have a task and a mission.