Local Government Minister M B Rajesh criticized himself on stage for giving him a plastic bouquet. The criticism was for not following the green protocol circular. The banned plastic bouquet was given to the local government minister during an event organized by the administrative committee of Kuthannur Grama Panchayat in Palakkad. The minister criticized him on stage saying that a fine should be imposed for accepting a bouquet made of banned plastic. The local government department is the department that should implement this ban, and the bouquet was given to the minister of that department.