THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister Veena George returned to Kerala without being able to meet Union Health Minister J P Nadda. The minister did not clarify when an appointment was sought, criticized some media. The minister also asked whether it is a crime to seek permission to meet the union minister in the context of the ASHAs' hunger strike.

Her words
'LDF will do what mentioned in the manifesto. The honorarium has been increased and will do it further. It is sad trying to make seeking an appointment with the union minister as a crime. Was it wrong to seek permission to meet the union minister? Decided to meet the union minister in the context of the ASHAs' hunger strike.

This is not the first time meeting the union minister. When there was no strike, I had met the union minister six months ago based on the demands made by many organizations. I had also mentioned this matter in that. What are some media trying to achieve? This is really pathetic.

There is no answer to speculations. I will inform people via my social media account when I had taken appointment of the union minister. I had posted on Facebook that I have not told anyone in meeting the union health minister yesterday. This is a false propaganda. '

The health minister refused to reply to the queries of the media. To the question about the promise in the manifesto to increase the honorarium, the answer was to read the appendix of the manifesto. The minister also did not give a clear answer to the questions of the media after raising the manifesto on the CPM website.