By Oishani Bhattacharya

The official X handle of CPI(M) Kerala on March 25 posted a video of a mountain highway with the following caption: “The 1251 km long mountain highway from Nandarapadav, Kasargod to Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram will come up at a cost of Rs 3500 crores.”

Several users reacted to the tweet mentioning that the Union government had funded the Hill Highway project and hence, the credit should go to the BJP government.

Right-Wing influencer Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) quote-tweeted the above-mentioned tweet made by CPI(M) Kerala and mentioned: “Left promoting Modi Govt infra work 🙌😂”. The tweet has received over 1 Lakh views and has been reposted over 1,500 times. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/rishibagree/status/1772571055468478796?t=u344s3FE_z9Yaf4R1wIK1A&s=19

Another X user, Sreejith Panickar (@PanickarS), quote-tweeted the same tweet from CPI(M) mentioning that the CPI(M) was promoting the BJP government’s projects. The tweet has received over 1.5 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 900 times. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/PanickarS/status/1772475757228396893?t=4iCJQNKeHAxZ9Hh-I5dnXg&s=19

Further, Congress Kerala tweeted on March 26 mentioning that the project in question was conceived by the late Congress leader and former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy during his term between 2004-06. When Congress again gained power in the state in 2011, the project was again pushed forward by them.

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