Kanhangad, Kasaragod: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan is not known for rapport with mediapersons. His harsh conduct with journalists had caused quite a stir some time ago. A few journalists were denied entry to an open discussion in which the CM had participated here on Saturday.

The incident happened at the Lion's Club Hall in Kanjangad, where Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the state government's second anniversary celebrations. An open discussion with the chief minister, in which many eminent personalities from the district took part, was the main event of the inaugural session.

The police personnel were instructed beforehand to keep the mediapersons away from the CM’s programme. But at the venue, minister E Chandrasekharan took the microphone and asked the reporters to leave the hall. When some journalists refused to leave, the CM himself asked them to move out of the hall immediately. Meanwhile, Kanhangad municipal chairman VV Ramesan and CPM district secretary MV Balakrishnan approached these journalists and discreetly asked them to leave. The mediapersons were only allowed to click the CM’s picture and prepare report about the programme.

The mediapersons, meanwhile, alleged that they were kept out of the programme as the party wanted to keep under wraps the presence of a few wealthy persons from the district. The programme was organised by the CPM district committee.

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