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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday turned 75 years old. (File)
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday turned 75 years old, but it was a quiet birthday for him, as he continued with the official work and COVID-19 for related matters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of Transport of the Union Nitin Gadkari, the actor turned politician Kamal Haasan and Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, greeted the Head of government.
In a tweet, PM Modi extended his greetings of birthday for the prime Minister, wishing him good health.
“Birthday wishes to Kerala CM Shri @vijayanpinarayi Ji on his birthday. He may be blessed with good health and a long life,” the Prime Minister tweeted.
Birthday wishes to Kerala CM Shri @vijayanpinarayi Ji on his birthday. He may be blessed with good health and a long life.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 24, 2020
Mr Gadkari also took to twitter to greet Vijayan. “From birthday greetings to the Chief Minister of Kerala Shri @vijayanpinarayiJi,” he said.
Birthday greetings to Head of the government of Kerala Shri @vijayanpinarayi Ji.
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) May 24, 2020
Mohanlal did the same, tweeting, “Birthday wishes to our Honorable prime Minister, Shri @vijayanpinarayisir”. Kamal Haasan took to Twitter and mentioned the CPI(M) leader’s speech in the Kerala Assembly in 1977, holding up his bloody shirt.
Birthday wishes to our Honorable prime Minister, Shri @vijayanpinarayi sir pic.twitter.com/TWTQyrQi9s
— Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) May 24, 2020
Mr Vijayan, together with other leaders of the party, was arrested and detained on the 28th of September 1975, during the Emergency, and beaten up.
After his release two years later, Mr Vijayan rushed to the state legislative assembly, with his bloody shirt, since that day, and spoke against the state “excesses.”
“Then, he created a storm of talk with a bloody shirt. Now he has made his state the object of adulation in the country. The CM of Kerala underline our link, we called brothers, to keep borders open. Our most Sincere birthday wishes to our colleague @vijayanpinarayi,” Kamal Haasan twitter.
Then, he created a storm of talk with a bloody shirt. Now, he has made his state the object of adulation in the country. The CM of Kerala underline our link, we called brothers, to keep borders open. Our most Sincere birthday wishes to our colleague @vijayanpinarayi
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) May 24, 2020
Meanwhile, a senior official at the Chief Minister’s Office said Mr Vijayan continued with official work and the evaluation of the COVID-19 of the situation.
“The comrade has never held any celebrations on his birthday. Today is no different. We evaluated the COVID-19 situation and was reviewing the files of office in his residence, the House on the Cliff, here,” the official told PTI.
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