The State Police department appears to have committed a political gaffe by registering a case for static breaking out briefly on the sound system when Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan spoke at a Congress meeting to condole the death of late Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at Ayyankali Hall here on Monday.
The “unconventional” action gave the Congress ample ammunition to assail the government. Satirical memes calling out the “weird step” and mocking the police and government erupted on social media.
Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan rebuked the police move as a preposterous and laughable prosecutorial misstep reminiscent of the “brainless tyranny” of the communist party dictatorships in China and North Korea.
