The Chief Minister also asserted that the helicopter trip did not impose any additional financial burden on the governmentThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Describing the campaign against him as "heinous" and "disrespectful", the Chief Minister said the propaganda portraying him negatively for eating during the crisis was unfair. In a sarcastic remark, Satheesan said he was unaware that the then Chief Minister had observed a fast during the 2018 floods. "I have only now realised that a Chief Minister is apparently not supposed to eat," he said at a press conference. The Chief Minister also asserted that the helicopter trip did not impose any additional financial burden on the government.