Alappuzha, May 3 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday jibed at the Minister for Public Works and Tourism, Mohammed Riyas, indirectly referring to him as "the communist royal family's son-in-law."

While addressing the gathering at the "Viksit Keralam" convention on Saturday, Chandrasekhar lauded the Vizhinjam Port project inaugurated by PM Modi. State President Chandrasekhar credited the BJP-led NDA for this landmark achievement.

"Yesterday, our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ji, arrived in Thiruvananthapuram to inaugurate one of the most important projects for our state -- the Vizhinjam Port. A project planned in 1991 saw many state governments come and go, and many central governments changed, but it became a reality...