Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday blamed propaganda by vested interests for the recent controversy over black-coloured face masks and clothes, saying that it was aimed at tarnishing the image of the Left Democratic Front government (LDF).
Inaugurating a State-level conference of library activists organised by the Kerala State Library Council, the Chief Minister said there was no question of the people's right to movement or their right to wear the clothes of their choice being curtailed.
Certain sections, which still held fast to outdated ideas, were misleading the society by creating the impression that the State government had banned black masks and black clothes. But the informed citizens of the State would reject these attempts, he said.
