A massive human rights rally taken out by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) at Kozhikode on Thursday expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine has turned into a subject of controversy over a word used by the rally’s chief guest Shashi Tharoor, MP.
During his inaugural speech, Mr. Tharoor, without naming Hamas, described the attack on Israel as a terrorist attack. The platforms of the social media as well as the visual media turned hot with angry responses against Mr. Tharoor.
Although IUML leaders such as M.P. Abdussamad Samadani, MP, and M.K. Muneer, MLA, who spoke after Mr. Tharoor at the Kozhikode rally, disowned the chief guest explaining that the fight the Hamas engaged in was that of resistance and not that of extremism or terrorism, the controversy had erupted even before Mr. Tharoor ended his speech.
