KPCC Chairman K Sudhakaran MP on Thursday said that the government decided to hire the helicopter in order to avoid the situation where the people will start pelting stones at the Chief Minister for imposing an unbearable tax burden on the people of the state. He also said that the Chief Minister, who lied in the assembly that he did not know Swapna Suresh, is in a pitiful situation where he has to run away from the people after Swapna revealed that he had spoken to her several times.

"The CM took a trial run by travelling from Kochi to Palakkad by helicopter to overcome the blag flag protest. We are now going to see the CM travelling by helicopter every now and then. However, he should not think that the protest will be stopped by that. He must not forget that the Youth Congress workers have a history of protesting in the sky as well," Sudhakaran said.