KOCHI: Congress leader K Babu has asked chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to shed the stubborn attitude on the Kitex issue. In a statement issued here, Babu said the chief minister is keeping a criminal silence even after the Kitex group announcing that their future investments will be outside Kerala.
There had been moves by the Kitex to move out to other states during the stint of the Oommen Chandy government as well. Then, the issues were settled through talks, Babu said.
The Congress MLAs who gave complaints against Kitex didn’t ask the government to close down the factory. They only asked that the company should function by following the rules. The chief minister is remaining a mute spectator without interfering on the Kitex issue. This gives a message that Kerala is an investor unfriendly state, he said.
The Kitex managing director who now speaks like the brand ambassador of Telangana should remember that it was in Kerala that his business flourished, Babu said.
