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Kerala: Vellappally Natesan faces action over ‘hate speech’

Natesan made controversial speech in Kochi on Sunday in which he reportedly stated that there was discrimination on the part of the government in distributing financial aid.

Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram |

Updated: December 1, 2015 1:28:47 pm

A day after police registered a criminal case for his controversial “hate speech,” Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan went into damage control mode.

Natesan had drawn flake for his comment that there was caste discrimination on the part of the government in distributing aid. He said only Muslims get due assistance from the government when they die and “one should die as a Muslim to get some benefit.”

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While referring to the government’s decision to give financial assistance to the family of an auto driver who died while trying to save two workers from a sewage canal in Kozhikode last week, Natesan said the auto driver’s act was acknowledged because of being a Muslim.