5 Cong lawmakers asked to go for isolation in Kerala

Thrissur, May 14 (IANS) As Kerala is busy arranging isolation and quarantine facilities for arriving diaspora and those from within the country, a controversy has broken out after five Congress lawmakers — three MPs and two MLAs — who visited the Walayar check-post in Palakkad on May 9 were asked to go for a two-week isolation.

When the news surfaced, the Congress accused the ruling CPI-M of playing politics during the coronavirus times.

Soon, the Youth Congress approached the Thrissur District Medical Office demanding that Minister of Local Self-Government A.C. Moideen should also be quarantined as he had interacted with two persons, who have now turned Covid-19 positive.

In its complaint, the Youth Congress said Moideen had interacted with those who had arrived in Guruvayoor, where they were put in isolation, after arriving at Kochi on May 7 in the first evacuation flight from Abu Dhabi.

It also submitted visuals that show Moideen interacting with them at the hotel, where they had been put up on arrival.

–IANS

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