Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sharply criticized Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his disparaging comments about Kerala's governance. Vijayan asserted that Kerala has 'nothing to learn' from a leader who oversees a government with delayed salaries and pensions. He defended Kerala's governance model, emphasizing its focus on welfare and inclusivity, and highlighted key social metrics such as an Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 5, which is lower than that of the United States, and a poverty rate of 0.55%, the lowest in India. Vijayan pointed out that Telangana's IMR is significantly higher at 5.88%. He also noted that Kerala boasts a literacy rate of 95.3%, far surpassing Telangana's 76.9%. Vijayan accused Reddy of hypocrisy for mocking Kerala's model while attempting to emulate it, and he dismissed Reddy's claims of a nexus between Kerala and the Union government as absurd, suggesting that the Congress party acts as the BJP's 'B-team'. The exchange comes amid heightened political activity as Kerala prepares for assembly elections on April 9.