Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Labour Minister Shibu Baby John came under fire for meeting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to study the success of the Gujarat model of development. John had met Modi in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
“This is the third time that Modi has become the chief minister. Drinking water is not available in many villages of Gujarat. Poverty is rampant there. Is this Gujarat’s model of development? An inquiry should be conducted into what transpired and how the meeting took place,” said Leader of Opposition V S Achuthanandan.
An embarrassed John said: “My only intention was to understand what was happening in Gujarat. I now realise that I should not have met Modi.” John is the lone legislator from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (B). IANS
