Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (PTI) A reference to senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala as the next chief minister of Kerala at an event here, prompted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to term the remark as a "bomb" with the potential to create major problems in a certain party.

The CM was taking a veiled dig at the Kerala unit of the Congress where its top leaders are reportedly vying with each other for being selected as the chief ministerial candidate of the party.

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Vijayan's remark came following Chennithala being introduced as the next CM of Kerala by the person who delivered the welcome speech at a programme organised here to felicitate industrialist B Ravi Pillai.

After the welcome speech, the CM, during his address, said that even though he is not from the same party as Chennithala, what was said amounted to a "betrayal" and was not called for.

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"What was said during the welcome address was a 'bomb' which has the potential to create a major problem in a certain party. You all know I am not from that party. Yet, such a betrayal was uncalled for. That is my suggestion," he said, as the Congress leader and others present at the event laughed.

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