Overview
- CPI(M) state secretary M. V. Govindan said the party rejects any anti-minority stand by Vellappally Natesan and reaffirmed an anti-communal position.
- CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam asserted Natesan is not part of the LDF and declined further debate, while disputing Natesan’s claim that the CPI took his money.
- The Youth Congress filed a police complaint after Natesan publicly labeled Reporter TV journalist Rahees Rasheed a “terrorist.”
- Natesan reiterated issue-based criticism of the IUML and CPI, alleged Ezhava educational neglect in Malappuram, and defended traveling in the chief minister’s car.
- Opposition leader V. D. Satheesan accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of using Natesan as a mouthpiece to foment communal division, as the CM maintained his ride involved nothing improper.