Kerala is called ‘God’s Owned Country’ and the Indian tourism board too propagates it as a USP to attract tourists. But the politicians in the state are making it dirty with their comments and threats. In a recent incident Bharatiya Janata Party leader warned a prominent Malayalam writer that he would get beaten if he used derogatory comments for Premier Narendra Modi. Adding on, he also filed a complaint against the writer.
Speaking at an public event in Pallakad recently, a well-known short-story writer and novelist, Paul Zacharia, allegedly called Modi a ‘murderer’. The event was organised in honour of the prominent author and cartoonist O V Vijayan. Zacharia also reportedly said that Vijayan had a ‘soft-Hindutva’ approach which was countered by the latter’s family on the dais.
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The writer’s comment irked BJP state secretary B Gopalakrishnan, who warned him not to speak anything against Narendra Modi, else he would be beaten if he continues mock the national leader. Addressing the media, the BJP leader said, “We want to warn him before-hand that if he continues abusing the prime minister, he will get beaten…Zacharia is truly communal. He is a disaster to Malayalam literature.”
Police have confirmed that Gopalakrishnan had filed a complaint against the writer at the Thrissur West police station, further adding that a case will be taken only after preliminary investigation. This is not the first time that such spat between writers and BJP leaders have come in the public view, earlier too such incidents took place.
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