Pinarayi Vijayan returns to Thiruvananthapuram after poll debacle

T'puram: Following LDF's heavy defeat in the assembly elections, caretaker chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan returned to Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning. He arrived in the state capital from Kannur. At Kannur airport, Vijayan avoided interacting with the reporters and walked into the terminal without responding to questions. When journalists repeatedly asked whether he had anything to say, he remained silent. A similar scene unfolded upon his arrival in Thiruvananthapuram, where he maintained silence to questions from reporters. Notably, the outgoing chief minister travelled without the usual security convoy. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter in a private vehicle that had arrived from AKG Centre and left the airport for Cliff House, the official residence of the chief minister. CPM leaders V Sivankutty, A A Rahim and V Joy were present at the airport to receive him. Meanwhile, indications are that Vijayan will vacate Cliff House soon. Sources said arrangements are being made to accommodate him in a two-room apartment on the third floor of a flat owned by Chintha Publishers.