Overview
- Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar visited Natesan at his Alappuzha residence on Sunday in a meeting the party described as a friendly call ahead of the Assembly election.
- Youth Congress functionaries lodged complaints with Kerala Police after Natesan publicly labeled a Reporter TV journalist a “terrorist,” following a tense exchange where he pushed away the reporter’s microphone.
- The Kerala Union of Working Journalists condemned the remark as undemocratic and warned of harm to press freedom, while the DYFI urged Natesan to withdraw the comment.
- CPI(M) state secretary M. V. Govindan said the party does not support any anti‑minority stand and stressed Natesan is not part of CPI(M), and CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam asserted Natesan is not tasked with evaluating the LDF.
- Natesan reiterated accusations that the IUML blocked social justice in Malappuram’s education sector and tried to turn Muslims against Ezhavas, even as his public sparring with CPI leaders and debate over the Chief Minister giving him a car ride continued.