Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Kerala Leader Praises MLA for Sharing Bridge Inauguration
A bridge was completed in the Poonjar constituency in Kerala.
The current MLA, M J Sebastian, invited the former MLA, Sebastian Kulathunkal, to open it.
Kulathunkal had approved the money needed for the bridge.
Sebastian said the project could not have happened without that funding.
V D Satheesan praised Sebastian for sharing the inauguration.
He said this showed that development can be more important than political credit.
The event was presented as an example of cooperation between politicians.
Satheesan also shared a video of the inauguration on X.
V D Satheesan praised Poonjar MLA M J Sebastian for allowing his predecessor to inaugurate a completed bridge.
The bridge was inaugurated by former MLA Sebastian Kulathunkal, a Kerala Congress(M) leader.
Sebastian Kulathunkal had sanctioned the funds used to develop the project, according to the report.
M J Sebastian said the bridge would not have been possible without Kulathunkal’s funding approval.
Satheesan called the gesture an example of development taking priority over political credit and ego.
- Who
- V D Satheesan, M J Sebastian, and former MLA Sebastian Kulathunkal were involved.
- What
- A completed bridge was inaugurated by the constituency’s former MLA after the current MLA invited him to do so.
- When
- Sunday, according to the report.
- Where
- Poonjar constituency in Kerala.
- Why
- The former MLA had sanctioned the funds for the bridge, and the current MLA said the project depended on that funding.
- Current MLA
- M J Sebastian of the Congress
- Former MLA
- Sebastian Kulathunkal of Kerala Congress(M)
- Project
- A completed bridge
- Location
- Poonjar constituency, Kerala
- Funding
- Funds were sanctioned by Sebastian Kulathunkal
- Praise
- V D Satheesan described the gesture as development rising above political credit
- Platform
- Satheesan shared a video of the inauguration on X