Kozhikode Mayor Beena Philip’s participation in an event organised by the Kozhikode Balagokulam, initiated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), to celebrate the upcoming Sree Krishna Jayanti on Sunday has kicked up a controversy, with the Congress alleging that the incident further revealed that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] is in cahoots with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the State.
However, Ms. Philip on Monday clarified that her participation in the programme, and the inaugural speech she had delivered, were misconstrued by a section of the media with malicious intent.
