Kerala MLA breaks down on TV, pleads PM Modi forÂ choppers
Amid the worst floods in the state since 1924, Kerala MLA Saji Cherian broke down on live TV and pleaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send helicopters, saying "50,000 people will die otherwise". Adding that around 50 people were lying dead in his constituency, Chengannur, Cherian said that airlifting was the only option for rescue operations.