thiruvananthapuram chief minister pinarayi vijayan continued his offensive against opposition congress on tuesday he said that with the opposition leaders endorsement it is understood that the words of kpcc president mullappally ramachandran are those of the congress partys ramachandran had criticized health minister k k shailaja calling her nipah queen and covid princess inviting sharp criticism from different quarters on mullappally ramachandrans statement the opposition leader has said those were the words of congress has congress stooped to such a level to use such words vijayan said during a news conference on tuesday opposition leader ramesh chennithala and former chief minister oommen chandy who had earlier responded to the controversy didnt disown mullappally both said mullappallys explanation that his words were taken out of context and made into a controversy was satisfactory all who are reasonable have condemned the statement mullappally had said he stood by the statement after that the opposition leader endorsed it and said what the kpcc president said were the words of congress the cm said on oppositions criticism that the cm himself used explicit terms to attack political opponents vijayan said when the state is united in fighting the pandemic there is a move to attack the health minister who is leading the fight i had criticized that can that be equated with something elseto allegations that government was frustrated since opposition foiled corruption attempts in sprinklr and pamba sand mining vijayan said they can only sing what they have learnt they might be thinking this would have been a golden chance had they been in power we havent learnt from their school covid19 is a major disaster our aim is to save all people we are making the best effort to prevent its spread there is not an iota of corruption in this process on the controversy over the movie project on variamkunnathu kunjahammed haji the leader of malabar revolution vijayan said haji was a brave soldier who fought against british imperialism our land has always honoured him