Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said he feels branding him as a communal element is “akin to terming Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden a humanist.”
Speaking at a function organised by the India Minority Forum on empowering minority communities in Kochi on December 1 (Friday), Mr. Chandrasekhar said a prominent politician of Kerala had tried to fix the label on him for his criticism against a Hamas leader addressing a meeting in Kerala online.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who termed Mr. Chandrasekhar as a communal element in the wake of his controversial statements in connection with the Kalamassery Jehovah’s Witnesses convention blast case, had intensified his criticism later. The Chief Minister went on to state that Mr. Chandrasekhar was a bitter communalist. The Kerala Police had also booked a case against Mr. Chandrasekhar under Section 153 (a) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for causing enmity among various social and religious groups.
