The outburst made against a particular community by K Surendran, president, Kerala BJP, has put him in trouble. While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Surendran had attacked Sreejith Panickar, the popular debater in TV news channels and used derogatory language against the latter. Panickar has said in a channel discussion that Suresh Gopi won from Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency because of the goodwill he had among the electorate and this turned into votes.
Surendran, claimed that Suresh Gopi won the seat because of the good campaign done by the BJP organisation and described Panickar in unparliamentary language. This comes at a time when there is wide resentment against the BJP State chief for his mishandling of party affairs. Surendran who had contested against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency finished a poor third behind Anni Raja, spouse of CPI’s global face D Raja.
The Panickar Service Society, an outfit of astrologers in the State issued a statement condemning Surendran for the derogatory words he used against Panickar community. “Though Sreejith Panickar does not belong to our our community, Surendran using such words and sentences against the people is highly deplorable and condemnable. A person like Surendran, who occupies an important position, should never have used such terms and this exposes the poor standard of his culture and tradition,” said Beypore Muraleedharan Panickar, president, PSS. Kakkassery Raveendran Panickar, vice president of the PSS, pointed out that this was not the first time Surendran was humiliating people based on their religion and community. No political leaders should do so, said Raveendran Panickar.
