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By Express News Service<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:\u00a0Protest over Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath\u2019s remarks of his state turning into Kashmir, Kerala or West Bengal reverberated in Parliament on Friday.\u00a0Opposition MPs from Congress and other parties walked out from the Lok Sabha in protest against the remarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the Rajya Sabha, CPM\u2019s John Brittas moved a suspension of business notice over Yogi\u2019s remarks. Since permission was not granted for the discussion, the Left MPs staged a walkout, said MP Elamaram Kareem.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a video message ahead of the first phase of Uttar Pradesh polls on Thursday, Yogi warned voters to vote cautiously if they did not want the state to turn into Kashmir, Kerala or Bengal. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who taunted Yogi for his remarks on Thursday, continued to hit back at his UP counterpart.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Friday, he came out with a series of tweets under the hashtag #KeralaStandsOut. \u201cThe state stands out since it has the lowest percentage of people living in poverty according to the #NITIAayog\u2019s Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index. In Kerala, only 0.71% of the population is multidimensionally poor against the national average of 25.01%.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n If Uttar Pradesh turns into Kerala, it would be a major gain for the people of the north Indian state, said CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. If people of UP want longer life expectancy, they should defeat BJP, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kodiyeri said the political debates over the remarks should reflect in the ongoing UP elections.\u00a0Kerala has been ahead of UP in living standard indices \u2014 be it health, sustainable development or governance. The BJP leadership in Kerala should come forward and correct Yogi for his statement, he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n