Pinarayi Vijayan strikes a perfect pose in communist China

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has become a star in China after he was featured in a painting exhibited at Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. A painting featuring Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM leader was shown at an exhibition titled 'Images of India.' 

The expo displays the work of three Chinese artists - Sun Gay, Jin Cheng and Jiyang Yuve. The young artists were inspired after their visit to South India. 

The painting 'Pinarayi Vijayan' features the assembly election scenario in Kerala.

Pinarayi Vijayan himself posted a picture of the painting on his Facebook page. He said that one of his friends who visited the exhibition sent him a picture of the painting.

"The painting features a scene of a strike in Kerala and its ambience with flags and writings. Though the writing on the flag is wrong (they might have miswritten CITU) the whole painting resembles the pre-election scenario in the state," Vijayan says. The writing on the flag in the painting is TUCI. 

Vijayan also thanked the artist and his friend Salim who sent the picture to him. It was PV Manoj, a Keralite in Indian Consulate who inaugurated the exhibition.