Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday, 1 March 2026, stood at the inauguration of the Mundakkai-Chooralmala township project in Kalpetta and delivered what was perhaps his most scathing attack on the United States in recent memory.
Calling America and Israel “rogue nations,” he condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and demanded that India register a strong protest against both countries.
But the same CM who called America a destabilising imperialist power has made no fewer than five trips to the United States for personal medical treatment, spending lakhs of taxpayer money in the process.
What Did Pinarayi Vijayan Say
Speaking at the Mundakkai event, Pinarayi said, “Certain rogue nations led by the US are destabilising global peace,” he described the targeting of Khamenei, his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter as “an act of grave cruelty” and a “cowardly, inhuman and immoral attack.”
He expressed alarm for the lakhs of Malayalis working in Gulf countries, warning that an escalation of US-Iran tensions would push the region into chaos. “Millions of our brothers and sisters in the Gulf are in panic,” he said. “The situation has been triggered by American imperialism. Their close ally is Israel. Both are responsible for creating instability.”
He went further, questioning whether US President Donald Trump had the “required mental capacity to lead a nation,” and drew comparisons to American interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Venezuela where, he alleged, rulers were killed or kidnapped to enable regime change. He also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging New Delhi not to remain silent and to take immediate steps to protect Keralites abroad.
The Same Pinarayi Vijayan Flew To USA For Treatment – 5 Times
Since 2018, Pinarayi Vijayan has made four documented trips to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and squarely located in the heart of imperialist America.
- 2018 – First trip; his wife Kamala accompanied him; the nature of illness was not disclosed
- January 2022 – Second trip for undisclosed treatment
- April 2022 – Third trip, again for follow-up treatment
- 5 July 2025 – Fourth trip; a 10-day follow-up consultation at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, travelling via Dubai, accompanied by wife and grandson
The exact nature of his illness has never been disclosed to the public. His office has maintained studied silence across all five visits, offering no explanation for what condition requires repeated, long-duration treatment at one of America’s most elite medical institutions.
Taxpayer Money, American Hospital, Communist Leader
The silence on his illness would be easier to accept if the trips were privately funded. They are not. By November 2023, the Kerala government had spent ₹72.09 lakh from the state exchequer on Pinarayi’s Mayo Clinic treatments – covering not just medical bills, but flight tickets, accommodation, and food for accompanying family members, including his grandson. This is public money from a state that has been in a severe fiscal crisis for years, perpetually struggling to pay salaries and pensions on time.
The political timing of these trips has made matters worse. His July 2025 visit to the US coincided almost precisely with the collapse of a building at Kottayam Medical College, which killed a person and exposed the crumbling state of Kerala’s public healthcare infrastructure.
The Communist Who Couldn’t Resist Capitalism?
Communists have long told their followers that capitalist nations exploit the world and destabilise global order. But calling the very country where Pinarayi Vijayan went at least four times for treatment a “rogue nation” does not cut ice. When the ideology met the illness, ideology blinked first. No government hospital in Kerala. No “model” healthcare system he never tires of boasting about could treat him.
It is one thing to condemn American foreign policy from a podium; it is quite another to do so while having spent ₹72 lakh of public money on American soil, seeking care that the workers of Kerala, the people the CPI(M) claims to represent, can only dream of affording.
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